LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The UNLV College of Liberal Arts has named Colette LaBouff the new executive director of the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute (BMI), effective June 1. LaBouff, executive director of New Mexico's Taos Center for the Arts since 2018, brings extensive experience in executive management and program development, literary and arts education, university teaching   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: It has not been a great morning for Nevada liberal Catherine Cortez Masto, better-known as "the most vulnerable Democratic senator." New polling and voter registration numbers confirm that Nevada Democrats are not enthusiastic about sending Cortez Masto back to Washington for another Senate term. According to The Nevada Independent's Jon Ralston, party registration numbers show a "good trend"  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: No Senate Democrat is safe from the 2022 Red Wave. Poll after poll shows Joe Biden and Senate Democrats bleeding support in battleground states like Nevada, Georgia, and New Hampshire. And Arizona is no different. A new poll from the Left-leaning group Data for Progress shows that Mark Kelly and Joe Biden are both underwater with Arizona voters. Sitting at 46% favorable and 49% unfavorable, M  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 25 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that, on Jan. 21, Nevada joined with the federal government to settle allegations of fraud against the Nevada corporation Lipshutz & Wills Medical Group, LLP d/b/a Monos Health ("Monos Health") in relation to its involvement in the billing of urine drug testing to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare. The approximately $2 million set  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 25 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Nevada State Democratic Party is proud to announce that 2021 was a record-breaking year for fundraising, with total contributions of $849,072.75, out of which $609,596.75 came directly from small-dollar donors. This record-breaking individual donor total surpasses even that of 2019, the year leading up to Nevada's First-In-The-West Caucus, when individual donors gave $523,732.85 to the state party,   more

ROCKLIN, California, Jan. 25 (TNSOps) -- Sierra College issued the following news release: Thursday through Saturday, February 10-12, 2022, Sierra College Press will host the 2022 Sierra Writers Conference, featuring science fiction superstar, Kim Stanley Robinson, author and editor Nisi Shawl, Nevada County Poet Laureate, Kirsten Casey, and an amazing group of writers whose workshops focus on various elements of story, writing, and community. "In this time of profound societal change, let's c  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 26 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A with Roberta Sabbath, English professor and religious studies coordinator, on Jan. 24, 2022: * * * Roberta Sabbath loves projects. In fact, she thrives on them. From capturing oral histories of veterans and Holocaust survivors to coordinating campus anti-hate programs to spark courageous conversations, Sabbath is never idle or wanting for a transformative idea. As visiting assistant profe  more