WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on June 7, 2023: * * * The Nevada Ethics Commission's executive director is accusing Joe Lombardo of knowingly violating Nevada ethics law by using his office as sheriff to further his campaign for governor. * * * As a result, Gov. Joe Lombardo could be facing 68 violations of Nevada ethics law, censure from the Nevada Ethics Commission and fines totaling $1.6 million. In response to the news, the Democ  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news on June 8, 2023: A new Nevada poll spells major risk for Biden cheerleaders Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford: * Biden's approval rating in Nevada is underwater: 56 percent disapprove vs. 42 percent approve. * Half (50 percent) of Nevada voters strongly disapprove of Biden. * Nevada voters' top issues are "economy/inflation/jobs" (23 percent) and "immigration/border" (13 percent). Titus,   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 8 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Nevada will receive approximately $193 million from Teva Pharmaceuticals after the company agreed to a settlement regarding its role in the opioid epidemic. With this settlement, the Office of the Attorney General under AG Ford has brought in a gross amount of over $849 million in opioid litigation-related monies to N  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 6 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: A bill is making its way to Joe Lombardo's desk that would require him to actually be transparent with Nevadans for once and disclose his inaugural committee donors after he was caught red-handed hiding them behind a dark money group. Will Lombardo choose transparency like he pledged when he was elected, or will he continue keeping Nevadans in the dark about possible conflicts of interest as he wraps up  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 8 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: After campaigning on law and order, Joe Lombardo has been accused of knowingly and willfully violating Nevada law in at least 68 instances and is facing a fine of up to $1.6 million - the largest campaign-related civil penalty in state history. Lombardo repeatedly featured his sheriff's uniform and badge in campaign materials last year but as Lombardo was warned, state statute strictly prohibits public   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 6 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Siding with pharmaceutical companies over Nevadans, Joe Lombardo vetoed AB250 - an overwhelmingly popular bill that would cap drug prices at the rate negotiated by Medicare under President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. This comes after every Republican state legislator voted against this legislation. Lombardo was recently outed for registering his inaugural committee as a dark money group and hiding   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 7 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * Today, Governor Joe Lombardo released the following statement after the conclusion of the 82nd (2023) Legislative Session at 11:59 PM on Monday, June 5, 2023: "Late last night, the regular legislative session concluded. "My office and I are conferring with legislative leadership this evening, and I anticipate calling a special legislative session in the morning. "I will issue a   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 7 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * In response to legislative Republicans refusing to pass AB521, Nevada State Democratic Party Spokesperson Mallory Payne released the following statement: "Nevada Republicans continue to recklessly put critical state services at risk and prove they can't be trusted to do what's right for Nevadans. "With just minutes left in the legislative session, they refused to pass a budget bill   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news release: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that her office entered into a settlement agreement with two out-of-state telemarketing companies -- AGR Group Nevada LLC and Utilities Marketing Group LLC -- for providing telemarketing services for retail energy suppliers in Pennsylvania. The Office of Attorney General's investigation found that the companies allegedly trafficked a larg  more

STANFORD, California, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release: * * * Scientists have long suspected that the weight of snow and ice in nearby mountains could throw off groundwater assessments tied to elevation changes in California's Central Valley, but they lacked a way to quantify the effect. A new study demonstrates a solution. * * * Billions of tons of snow piled atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains can cause parts of the Central   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 8 (TNSper) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Dean Nancy J. Uscher is pleased to announce the selection of Timothy Jones as vice dean of the UNLV College of Fine Arts. Jones is an associate professor in the School of Music. He assumes his role as vice dean on July 1. "We are delighted to have Dr. Tim Jones join us in the dean's office and know his wealth and breadth of experience will serve the College of Fine Arts extremely   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: * * * Jessica Grifaldo, the only UNLV student to receive the award this year, credits Life Sciences professor Eduardo Robleto for encouraging her to pursue research. * * * At UNLV, Jessica Grifaldo is in a category all by herself. This fall, the first-generation Latina student will continue her education as part of the prestigious National Science Foundation Gra  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 9 (TNSfund) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: A novel collaboration among the University of Southern California (USC), the University of Arizona (UA), and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), has resulted in the Water Reuse Consortium. This groundbreaking partnership has been awarded a $12.3 million cooperative agreement for phase one of a three-phase $38 million program with ERDC-CERL to tackle pre  more