CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 9 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: The Interim Finance Committee approved a significant number of work programs and projects put forward by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and Executive Branch agencies aimed at revitalizing the State's economy and helping Nevada continue its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, including moving forward the first $250 million in federal funds as part of the Governor's "Home Means Nevada" hous  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 8 (TNSfund) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Jessica Morales Alvarez is a mom who's pulled a dozen directions. A full-time clinical substance abuse counselor, mom to a 2-year-old daughter, caretaker to her parents, and a full-time student earning an M.S. in clinical mental health counseling, Morales Alvarez has no time to spare. As with many UNLV student-parents, the whole family shared child care duties. When she was at w  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Facing strong headwinds this November, one would think Catherine Cortez Masto might at least show up to work. But perhaps no polling, voter registration numbers, or inflation rate is too worrisome for Cortez Masto, the "#1 endangered Democratic incumbent," according to Cook Political's Jessica Taylor. Besides ignoring the needs of struggling Nevadans, what else makes this cycle so dangerous f  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 7 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that this month Nevada will receive the first payments of over $284 million in opioid settlement funds agreed to by the state. The money will come from two settlements agreed to by the state: one with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its U.S.-based Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and another with opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen,  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 9 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced the approval of the use of $6 million in T-Mobile settlement money to create the first Nevada home-grown Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) through the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED). The use of the money was approved Thursday by the state's Interim Finance Committee. "I am proud that our settlement with T-Mobile not  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 7 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Sisolak announced a strategic initiative with the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN), the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to train, upskill and certify 2,500 Nevadans in cloud computing in the next three years. The collaboration will provide access to cloud computing education cou  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, April 8 -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: The 2022 National Football League draft will have a bit of Ramapo College behind-the-scenes expertise when the selections begin later this month in Paradise, Nevada. Ramapo Professor of Economics Alexandre Olbrecht and Ramapo alumnus Jeremy Rosen '17 have collaborated on an article, using an advanced statistical model and mathematical methodology, to predict how well college quarterbacks, likely to be selected in   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on April 8, 2022: Kerkorian School of Medicine professor Edwin Oh is far from an Ivory Tower researcher. He's the kind of scientist who leads the decidedly unglamorous wastewater surveillance program at UNLV, an associate professor who carefully examines sewage samples for the COVID-19 virus, a researcher who gets a manhole opened in the middle of the street and then uses a pole w  more