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State Tipoffs Involving Nevada Newsletter for Sunday March 23, 2025 ( 11 items )  

ICYMI: Nev. Gov. Joe Lombardo - President Trump's Historic Education Reforms Will Rightfully Return Education Back to the States
CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 21 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo: President Trump's Historic Education Reforms Will Rightfully Return Education Back to the States In case you missed it, today, Governor Joe Lombardo released an op-ed praising President Trump's Executive Order aimed at improving education outcomes by empowering parents, states, and communities. The full text of the op-ed is below. Exclusiv  more

ICYMI: Nev. Gov. Lombardo Applauds FHLBank San Francisco's $10 Million Affordable Housing Investment in the Silver State
CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 18 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Governor Lombardo Applauds FHLBank San Francisco's $10 Million Affordable Housing Investment in the Silver State In case you missed it, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced a new $10 million investment in affordable housing in Nevada today. "Attainable homeownership for all Nevadans is one of my highest priorities and we can't do this alone," said G  more

Joe Lombardo Gushes Over Trump Order to Eliminate the Department of Education to Pave the Way for Billionaire Tax Handouts
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 22 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Joe Lombardo Gushes Over Trump Order to Eliminate the Department of Education to Pave the Way for Billionaire Tax Handouts Joe Lombardo has again put Donald Trump's agenda of pushing cutting taxes for billionaires above Nevadans by coming out in full support of Trump's executive order that will dismantle the Department of Education. This will have a devastating impact on hundreds of thousands o  more

KU Law Wins Fifth-straight NNALSA Moot Court Championship
LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 21 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU Law wins fifth-straight NNALSA moot court championship LAWRENCE -- For the fifth consecutive year, a University of Kansas School of Law team won first place at the National Native American Law Student Association (NNALSA) Moot Court Competition, which took place Feb. 14-15 in Las Vegas. Sixty teams from law schools across the country competed in the event hosted by the William S. Boyd School of Law at t  more

Nevada Democratic Party: Under Joe Lombardo, Nevada's Unemployment Rate Continues to Rise, Remains Highest In The Nation
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 18 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Under Joe Lombardo, Nevada's Unemployment Rate Continues to Rise, Remains Highest In The Nation A new report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that on Joe Lombardo's watch, Nevada's unemployment rate in January remained the highest in the nation and has increased yet again. Since January 2024, Nevada's unemployment has increased .5% and is higher today than when Lombardo to  more

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Applauds Trump's Attacks on Public Schools
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Applauds Trump's Attacks on Public Schools After Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting the Department of Education, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo was quick to celebrate this dangerous order in an op-ed first published in the far-right outlet Breitbart, then the Reno Gazette Journal. In the op-ed, Lombardo praises Trump's proposal to defund public schools, slash resources  more

Q&A: Wading into the shrinking waters of the Colorado River
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Q&A: Wading into the shrinking waters of the Colorado River UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Key agreements in the "Law of the River," which encompasses more than 100 years of regulations, laws, court decisions and more focused on managing the Colorado River, are set to expire next year. First established in 1922 as the Colorado River Compact, the guidelines split water management and allocation a  more

Thousands of Nevadans Protest Trump-Musk Harmful DOGE Cuts
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 20 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Thousands of Nevadans Protest Trump-Musk Harmful DOGE Cuts Over the past few weeks, thousands of Nevadans have gathered outside of Republican offices, including Mark Amodei's, to protest them for refusing to defend Nevada against Donald Trump and Elon Musk's indiscriminate and harmful DOGE cuts. Last month, Joe Lombardo's press office tweeted, "we need DOGE reforms in Nevada!" See how these   more

Trump Signs Reckless Order Eliminating the Department of Education, Devastating Nevada Schools
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 21 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Trump Signs Reckless Order Eliminating the Department of Education, Devastating Nevada Schools Donald Trump's decision to sign an executive order to abolish the Department of Education will have a devastating impact on hundreds of thousands of Nevada students, especially the most at-risk students. While Trump is undoing critical funding for Nevada public schools, special education programs, com  more

Trump's Tariffs Will Impact Nearly 50,000 Jobs in Nevada, Lombardo Still Silent
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 19 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Tariffs Will Impact Nearly 50,000 Jobs in Nevada, Lombardo Still Silent New reporting from the New York Times found that Donald Trump's tariffs could cost Nevada nearly 50,000 jobs, including 66% of all jobs in Storey County. When asked last week by KSNV about prices going up in response to Trump's newest cost-raising tariff, Joe Lombardo told reporters he "is not commenting on this top  more

VMI Team Wins Best Paper in Fighting Spam and Phish
LEXINGTON, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: * * * VMI Team Wins Best Paper in Fighting Spam and Phish LEXINGTON, Va. March 18, 2025 -- Sherif Abdelhamid, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) and outreach liaison officer for the Cyber Defense Laboratory at Virginia Military Institute, and two cadets, Benjamin Davis '26 and Dang Khoa Le '25, shared their research project findings recently at the 15th   more