WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Dina Titus wants to send Nevada gas prices soaring. After claiming she supports suspending the federal gas tax, Dina Titus is now "honored" to receive the endorsement of an organization that has lobbied to index Nevada's gas tax to inflation. In 1997, Titus also voted for legislation that "automatically raises Nevada's fuel tax by the exact amount of any reduction at the federal level." Read more  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 14 (TNSRes) -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Interior released an initial investigative report on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive effort to address the troubled legacy of federal Indian boarding school policies, on Wednesday. "I appreciate the care and dedication shown by the U.S. Department of Interior on this critical project. Tribal citizens in Nevada lived the harsh realities  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 10 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak joined the IFL Commissioner Todd Tryon, Dollar Loan Center Founder & CEO Chuck Brennan, City of Henderson Councilman Dan Stewart and the announcer for the Vegas Golden Knights, Daren Millard to announce the Indoor Football League National Championship Games will be held at the Dollar Loan Center for the next three years. Photos of the event are available HERE (https:  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 13 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: Governor Sisolak joined UNLV Alumni for the 2022 UNLV Rebel Advocates Spring Luncheon at Fleming's in Las Vegas today. The event brought together Alumni who participate in the Rebel Advocates program by supporting higher education, university priorities, and the interests of the UNLV alumni community. "Higher education is producing our future teachers, doctors, lawyers, mental he  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 12 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak helped kick off the Western Conference of Operating Engineers at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. Labor leaders from 13 states across the western region are coming together for the two-day conference. "We know union jobs are a pathway to prosperity for so many. As Governor, I'm proud to strengthen Nevada's union legacy," said Governor Sisolak. "My door is always open,   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 11 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada's Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development's (GOED) contract with Access Community Capital in Southern Nevada to administer a minority-focused direct loan program, targeting startups and early-stage businesses based on the utilization of $6 million from the Attorney General's office T-Mobile and Sprint settlement. The allocation to GOED was   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As new polling shows the GOP plan that could sunset Medicare and Social Security after 5 years is "universally unpopular," the DNC is launching a new ad buy targeting seniors on Facebook to make sure they know that Republicans could put their hard-earned benefits at risk. The ads will run in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona. The ads come as par  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The NRSC is spending early to define Democrat candidates and highlight the Democrats' radical agenda. The $53 million investment is starting earlier than the NRSC's independent expenditure has ever done and will help Republicans win back control of the Senate this November. The ad buys/reservations include Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. The NRS  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following commentary: * * * David Kreamer, Geoscience Professor In Africa, where I do water-related research, the scene repeats itself. A woman with a pail on her head walks by an inoperative well on her way to a distant water source. She thought it would be a blessing to bring water to her family each day, every day. Young girls make this trek beside her, pails on their heads, without a chance for sch  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 10 (TNStalk) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A with Junghoon Lee, golf management program coordinator of Professional Golfers Association of America: Mastering the mental game of golf is something Junghoon Lee knows a lot about. As a young golf pro hopeful in South Korea, Lee faced enormous pressure and a string of disappointments that made him question his future in the sport. Not one to give up, Lee expanded his career goals and set h  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * - Confronted in our desert backyard by the inescapable effects of a deteriorating environment, these UNLV researchers, professors, and activists are fighting to mitigate the effects of climate change on scientific, legal, and sociological fronts. * * * When UNLV research professor and climate resilience specialist Kristen Averyt recalls the summer family vacations of her y  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: It only exists in a water-filled cavern whose bottom has never been found, a mysterious creature prowling mysterious depths. The thing is small, averaging around an inch in length -- about the size of a paperclip. It's the world's rarest fish, an endangered species, with only around 170 of them remaining in their natural habitat at last count in 2019. They live in but one pla  more