NEVADA, Missouri, Feb. 19 (TNSPro) -- Cottey College issued the following news: Cottey College announced that it will add two new baccalaureate majors to its current list of Bachelor of Arts offerings. Students will be able to enroll as history and theatre majors beginning with the fall 2022 semester. "We are so pleased to expand our baccalaureate offerings for our students," said Cottey President Dr. Jann Weitzel. "Both history and theatre have been available as minors in our four-year studie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Bleeding support, underwater in the polls, and with her seat on the line, Catherine Cortez Masto has resorted to playing politics with Nevadans' pocketbooks. Having been a reliable vote for Joe Biden and his anti-Nevada agenda since Day One, Cortez Masto is now trying to run away from the problems she created. Cortez Masto has overseen Biden's destruction of the U.S. energy independence, appr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Catherine Cortez Masto still doesn't seem to understand the problem she created. Following last week's report that the cost of everyday goods spiked to a 40-year high and real wages are shrinking, Cortez Masto doubled down on her support for a reckless spending spree that would only push inflation rates even higher. While Democrat leaders like Joe Biden, his Nevada crony Catherine Cortez Mast  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 18 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Shonna Nicole Marshall, 52, of Las Vegas, was sentenced in a Medicaid fraud and money laundering case involving falsely billing for Medicaid services allegedly provided to Medicaid recipients. Marshall pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid Fraud and 26 counts of Money Laundering. District Court Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells sentenced Marshall to   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 18 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: This week, Nevada Governor Sisolak presented the first four Community Recovery Grants awarded to non-profits that provide direct and immediate community services to Nevadans. "I am grateful for the support these non-profit organizations have provided to Nevadans throughout this pandemic. These grants are a small token of our appreciation for their services which have been instrumental in helping   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 15 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak will visit Goodwill of Southern Nevada to present a Community Recovery Grant award and learn more about Goodwill's workforce development programs. Goodwill of Southern Nevada was one of the first four awardees in the State's $30 million Community Recovery Grant program. The $993,512 grant will allow Goodwill to build upon a program that provides evidence-based workf  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: The Nevada Housing Division (NHD) announced that $300.7 million or 87 percent of Nevada's 2021 tax-exempt bonding authority has been earmarked for development of affordable housing projects throughout the state. This historic investment is being made in the face of the acute and ongoing housing crisis that many Nevadans are facing. Fourteen affordable housing projects currently under construction  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 19 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Judith Whitmer in response to a dangerous and anti-democratic resolution under consideration by the Board of Washoe County Commissioners: * * * "It is with absolute outrage that we have discovered a shocking effort to assault the electoral process of Washoe County. This coming Tuesday, on February 22nd, the Board of Washoe County Commissioners will consider the passage of Election Resolution R22-  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: UNLV and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health were awarded $11.3 million in continuing grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance neuroscience research in Southern Nevada. The joint Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience was initially funded in 2015 as the NIH's first Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Melissa Schofiled says that bacteria dictates her life -- but in a good way. The biological sciences Ph.D. student typically spends five days a week in the lab in the company of pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial pathogen that infects immunocompromised people and forms a slime called a mucoid biofilm. She has become adept at clearly explaining her research to those outside her   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A with Andrew Woods, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research on Feb. 14, 2022: * * * Community parks bustling with laughing children. Brightly painted murals accenting old buildings. The rattle of hammers and drills from nearby and distant construction sites. Cracked sidewalks in front of homes that have outlived many Las Vegas Strip properties. These are just some of the   more