LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2022: * * * Jennifer Carleton and John Tahsuda appointed distinguished fellows of Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program. * * * The William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV today announced the appointments of Jennifer Carleton and John Tahsuda as distinguished fellows to lead the law school's Indian gaming initiatives. Carleton and Tahsuda bring decades of expe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: DGA-backed A Stronger Nevada islaunching a new television ad detailing Joe Lombardo's extreme stance on abortion and its potentially devastating consequences for Nevada women's reproductive freedoms. The 30-second ad, "Prison Cell," warnsof a dangerous reality under Joe Lombardo as governor, where women are criminalized for making their own reproductive health care choices. Lombardo supports letting states  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2022: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford is pleased to announce the state's recent filing to temporarily reopen the licensing proceedings for Yucca Mountain in order to end the failed project for good. The project, opposed by AG Ford and the vast majority of Nevadans, has held the Silver State in limbo for decades. "Nevadans have long been clear that Yucca Mountain is an untenable  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Sisolak officially launched ArrayRx, a free digital discount card for prescription drugs available statewide for all residents. Nevadans can now sign up online at ArrayRxCard.com to receive their digital card and save up to 80% on certain medications. "Prescription medications can get very expensive - too expensive. This program will help Nevadans keep more money in their pockets,"   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 21 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2022: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects announced the filing of a new legal motion to bring an end to failed federal plans to construct a repository for the nation's highly radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, 65 miles northwest of Clark County's populated areas. The motion is being filed before the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I  more

CLAREMONT, California, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Pomona College issued the following news: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $114,000 to Jade Star Lackey, associate professor and chair of the geology department. Over the next three years, he will be collaborating with Emily Cooperdock from the University of Southern California and Jaime Barnes of the University of Texas-Austin on research into the behavior of halogen elements in igneous rocks of California's Sierra Nevada.  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Sept. 16 (TNSpar) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: A partnership with Purdue Global will offer first-rate educational opportunities to Story County Medical Center (Nevada, Iowa) staff and their family members with tuition reduction. "Purdue Global is committed to helping our health care partners like Story County Medical Center encourage educational and professional growth in their staff," said Melissa Burdi, Purdue Global vice president and dean  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * New study by international team of scientists reveals an evolving, magnetized environment and surprising source location for deep-space fast radio bursts - observations that defy current understanding. * * * Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-long cosmic explosions that each produce the energy equivalent to the sun's annual output. More than 15 years after the deep  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 21 (TNStalk) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A on Sept. 19, 2022, with Peter Gatto, director of housing and residential life: * * * As UNLV welcomed thousands of students returning for fall semester, Housing and Residential Life welcomed a new leader. Peter Gatto joined the Division of Student Affairs in August, overseeing four UNLV-operated residence halls that are home to roughly 1,800 students. Gatto comes to UNLV from Lamar Univ  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 22 (TNStalk) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A on Sept. 21, 2022, with Nancy Lough, sport management professor at the College of Education: * * * UNLV sports and gender expert Nancy Lough on why Las Vegas' first pro sports championship has changed the game for women and the entire sports industry. * * * For decades, Las Vegas -- a city world famous for sports betting -- was one of the few U.S. metropolises without a professional sp  more