CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 29 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Sisolak announced the appointment of the State's first Public Health Resource Officer, Allison Genco. Her first day in the role will be April 11. Senate Bill 424, sponsored by Governor Sisolak during the 2021 Session of the Nevada Legislature, created a Public Health Resource Office that is charged with analyzing the existing public health infrastructure of the State and   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 2 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced the appointment of Nelson Araujo as Nevada's Infrastructure Advisor. He will begin on April 11. In this role, Araujo will work across all agencies and levels of government to ensure the State is competitively and successfully navigating the acquisition and implementation of federal dollars from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 29 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Sisolak is proud to announce the appointment of Malinda Southard, DC, CPM, as Executive Director of the Patient Protection Commission. Dr. Southard most recently served as the Section Manager of the Department of Health and Human Services' Public Health Preparedness Program. In this role, she provided strategic oversight and support to the State's COVID-19 response while   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: For a fleeting moment, it appeared Catherine Cortez Masto finally decided to return to the office. Unfortunately for hardworking Nevadans, Cortez Masto isn't back to work for them - she attended a "posh DC gala" where she was feted by her anti-energy pals. Catherine Cortez Masto cares more about cozying up to the D.C. climate lobbyists that have sent Nevada gas prices soaring than she does ab  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 1 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Nevada has joined with other states and the federal government to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud involving MD Spine Solutions LLC, d/b/a MD Labs Inc. and its principal owners Denis Grizelj and Matthew Rutledge. MD Labs, a California corporation headquartered in Reno, operates a clinical laboratory specializing in urine drug testing.   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 30 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general in urging TikTok and Snapchat to give parents the ability to monitor their children's social media usage and protect their children from online threats using parental control apps. "While social media can be entertaining, it can also have significant negative impacts on our children, espec  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 31 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: This morning, Governor Sisolak announced he has signed a memorandum of understanding committing Nevada to work collaboratively to advance and accelerate the market for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including large pickup trucks and vans, delivery trucks, box trucks, school and transit buses, and long-haul delivery trucks (big-rigs). Nevada joins 16 other States, the  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 29 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Nevada State Democratic Party, in support of the Democratic National Committee's Native Caucus, supports clemency for Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, who has been imprisoned in the federal system for 46 years. Peltier is 77 years old and suffers from myriad health conditions, including diabetes, complications from a stroke, an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and a rec  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 31 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Women's History Month. The 50th anniversary of the federal Title IX gender equity law. The NCAA Women's Final Four. Women's sport is a topic getting more attention recently. But a UNLV sport marketing expert says it's critical that we focus attention on improving gender equity all the time -- and she has a winning formula for turning the tide. Nancy Lough, a leader of UNLV's Sports Rese  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 1 (TNSfund) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV was awarded a $437,000 grant from the Nevada Department of Public Safety to continue its long-standing study of traffic-related injuries and fatalities in Nevada. A team of researchers from the school's Department of Surgery created and maintains a longitudinal database spanning more than a decade of vehicle crash and statewide trauma cen  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: Some say necessity is the mother of invention. For others, a class assignment is the mother of invention. That was the case for Shivangi Khurania, a master's student in Management Information Systems and Hospitality Management, who was tasked in an e-commerce class with creating a business plan. A conversation with a friend inspired Khurania to create an app tha  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 29 (TNStalk) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A with Ann Diggins, director of student affairs and career services: * * * What do you call a woman who's herded cows on horseback, who's zoomed across the sky with the famed Blue Angels aerobatic team? At the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, you call her Ann Diggins, director of student affairs and career services. No one can accuse Diggins -- who's also enjoyed the rush that c  more