CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 15 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak named Kristen Stout as Director of the new Office of Federal Assistance. Stout, who has nearly two decades of experience in the public sector at the federal, state, municipal and special district levels, begins her new role on April 11, 2022. Initially, she will serve as Administrator of the Nevada Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination and Management w  more

NEVADA, Missouri, March 18 -- Cottey College issued the following news: Edilawit Mehari, a student at Cottey College is one of 20 college students named to the prestigious All-USA Academic Team and will receive a $5,000 scholarship. More than 2,200 students were nominated for this award. Mehari will be recognized during the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) convention in May. In addition to the scholarship funds, recipients will be presented with commemorative medallions, and   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new PPP poll shows that, despite Joe Lombardo's allies spending over two million dollars on TV ads to boost his campaign, Lombardo is only getting about a quarter of votes in the likely GOP primary for Nevada governor. That support disappears when voters hear the most likely attacks on his record. After hearing about his support for defunding the police, soft record on immigration, and past support for Go  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The headwinds facing Catherine Cortez Masto - who has already been dubbed the most vulnerable Senate Democrat this cycle - just got even stronger. Masto is bleeding support from young voters, seeing droves of Democrats change their voter registration, and is down in multiple polls to a potential Republican challenger. A recent New York Times report is now highlighting her issues with one of N  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Catherine Cortez Masto officially launched her campaign for Senate yesterday. To nobody's surprise, her first campaign event was filled with lies meant to distance herself from Joe Biden's agenda - despite her unyielding support for his anti-family, inflation-inducing policies. First, Cortez Masto lied about her role in reopening Nevada's economy and schools. She claimed, "Through the [Ameri  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 15 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford is pleased to announce that the Nevada Board of Examiners approved the award of $220,922.82 from the State of Nevada as compensation for the time Ignacio Dealba, Jr. spent incarcerated following his wrongful conviction. Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Joanna S. Kishner entered stipulated orders on January 20, 2022, which AG Ford fully supported. A  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 18 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined efforts with the Consul of Mexico in Las Vegas, Julian Escutia, to send a message of support to the Hispanic and immigrant community with four public service announcement (PSA) videos. Over the next several weeks, the Office of the Nevada Attorney General and the Mexican Consulate will share the PSA videos (recorded in Spanish)   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 18 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Gov. Sisolak announced his leadership team responsible for developing the statewide strategy for dealing with extreme heat as laid out in his recent State of the State address. Additionally, the Governor announced he is forming an environmental justice team to implement the federal Justice 40 Initiative to ensure equity and justice are central to climate planning for the State. In January 2021,   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 15 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced that he made his quarterly State salary donation of $27,475.45 to Nevada's K-12 public schools, totaling more than $295,000 in contributions since taking office in January 2019. After the disbursements are made, the Governor will have donated to more than 286 Title I elementary, middle, and high schools all across the state. Governor Sisolak continues to m  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: After California recorded its driest January and February in more than 100 years of records in the Sierra Nevada, Governor Gavin Newsom's administration is spending an additional $22.5 million to respond to the immediate drought emergency. The additional $22.5 million allocation includes more funding for the Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources Control Board and the Californi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 17 (TNStalk) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: Thirty-six million tweets and counting. When Ukraine native and UNLV disinformation expert Mary Blankenship began researching the "information pollution" surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, she had 12 million tweets to sift through and analyze. In three weeks, that number has tripled. "It's a very rich field right now. It's hard to keep up," said Blankenship  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * Findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets. * * * UNLV researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of water at high pressures. Solid water, or ice, is like many other materials in that it can form different solid materials based on variable temperature and pressure conditions, like carbon forming di  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: * * * Vladislav Zhitny, an emigrant from the Ukraine, has had 18 papers appear in a variety of publications * * * When 12-year-old Vladislav Pavlovich Zhitny immigrated with his family from Ukraine to Las Vegas in 2006, he didn't speak a word of English. Today, he's less than two months from graduating from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV as th  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * Research by nursing professors helping address issues from trouble sleeping to health education and psychiatric care. * * * Nursing careers can go beyond the hospital floor, the administrative office, and the classroom. Nurses also thrive in the research labs as bench scientists, studying new ways to improve individual and community health practices, whether they concern  more