LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson has appointed attorney Kolby Harper as District Judge for the Thirty-Eighth District to replace Judge Tony Yocom, who will retire on July 31, 2022. The Thirty-Eighth District is made up of Hempstead and Nevada counties. "Kolby Harper's experience as a deputy prosecutor in three different judicial districts has prepared her well for the job as judge in the Thirt  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: In response to new bombshell reporting from CNN revealing that Nevada GOP Senate nominee Adam Laxalt's top spokesperson "marched to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, with two members of the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers," Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson Patrick Burgwinkle issued the following statement: "Adam Laxalt led the effort to overturn the 2020 elect  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: A new poll from 8 News Now, Emerson College and The Hill shows the "GOP in striking distance" in all three competitive Nevada congressional races. The poll also showed "the economy is the most important issue (33%) in Nevada as job worries, inflation and taxes loom in the minds of most people." NOTE: Abortion didn't even make the Top 10. A recent NRCC poll showed April Becker leading Susie Lee in  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto says she is running to represent Nevada, yet if you follow the money, it's clear her priorities are anywhere but her home state. According to FEC records, 93% of Cortez Masto's donors live OUTSIDE Nevada! Read more (https://e.nrsc.org/t/j-l-vjyurid-ithtktiiii-r/?_ga=2.246751748.1464929605.1658494499-1951998930.1658494499): 93 Percent Of Sen. Cortez Masto's Dono  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, July 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court not to undo four decades of legal precedent protecting the voting power of minority communities in the pending case Merrill v. Milligan. In a brief filed in the case, the coalition of attorneys general argue that the Supreme Court should affirm a lower court's ruling that Alab  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, July 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a multistate agreement that recovers $34.2 million for more than 46,000 servicemembers and veterans who were deceived and defrauded by the national jewelry retailer Harris Jewelry. The agreement is co-led by New York Attorney General's office and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Harris Jewelry, headquartered in Hauppauge, New York,   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, July 20 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 19, 2022: * * * Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer released the following statement today, in the wake of the lethal heat wave sweeping Europe and compounding climate crises around the world. "We have long passed the point where half-measures and compromises will work. Every month or two, there's another record-breaking climate event or once-in-a-thousand-years meteorological pheno  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, July 23 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: Nevada has recovered all of the jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and has reached a new all-time high of 1,452,600 jobs - 3,000 more jobs than the previous peak from February 2020, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation announced today. The June 2022 economic report for Nevada shows that over the month Nevada added 7  more