CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 1 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following joint statement with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following statement in response to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in their lawsuit asking the federal government to acknowledge the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. C  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Joe Lombardo announced his selections for two new judicial appointments. Governor Lombardo appointed Danielle "Pieper" Chio to the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department 7 and Jacob A. Reynolds to the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department 29. "I'm pleased to announce that I have appointed Danielle "Pieper" Chio and Jacob Reynolds to the Eighth Judicial District Court," sai  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 124, ending a mining tax prepayment in the current the fiscal year, rather than the first year of the next biennium. This measure will effectively transfer roughly $70 million from the General Fund in Fiscal Year 2023 to the State Education Fund in Fiscal Year 2024. "Due to our budgetary flexibility, it makes sense to end the mining tax prepayment in the curr  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 3 -- Lithium Americas, an agency that advances lithium projects, issued the following news: Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of construction at its 100%-owned Thacker Pass lithium project ("Thacker Pass" or the "Project") in Humboldt County, Nevada, following the receipt of notice to proceed from the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM"). "Starting construction is a momento  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 3 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford has announced he has joined a multistate coalition in fighting back against a legislative effort to overturn a federal rule that helps protect the retirement savings of hard-working American employees. The federal rule, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, clarifies that fiduciaries of private-sector employee retirement plans, such as 401(k  more

STANFORD, California, March 1 (TNSjou) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release: * * * The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don't suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings could help inform long-term wildfire and ecosystem management in these "zombie forests." * * * Like an old man suddenly aware the world has moved on without him, the conifer tree nati  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 28 (TNStalk) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following Q&A on Feb. 27, 2023, with Jeffrey Orgera, associate vice provost for student success: * * * As UNLV's associate vice provost for student success, Jeffrey Orgera's extensive list of responsibilities range from working with the university's academic advising centers to analyzing retention and graduation data to coordinating various facets of the First-Year Experience program. Some unexpected   more