WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: Registered nurses at 15 HCA-affiliated hospitals in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Nevada, have voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize their nurse negotiators to call a strike, if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations remain unresolved, the National Nurses Organizing Committee announced today. "With this strike authorization vote, nurses are making it absolutely clear tha  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Today marks one year since Pres. Trump unilaterally decided to rescind DACA. While attorneys general across the country swiftly responded for or against Trump's move, Republican attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt has stayed silent for an entire year, taking zero action to protect Nevada's 13,000 DACA beneficiaries from deportation. For the attorney general representing a state w  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Today oral arguments begin in a Republican-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The case, Texas v. Azar, could decide the future of protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and make it more difficult for Americans to access health care plans in an open market. The case is being heard in Federal District Court in Texas. Republican candidates in Nevada's two most competitive House races  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 4 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: As hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh begin today in Washington, Nevadans will be reminded again that Sen. Dean Heller has blindly embraced President Trump's unpopular choice for a lifetime appointment on the nation's highest court. The day after Trump announced his nomination, Heller said he liked what he saw. Heller briefly met with Kavanaugh in July and then immediately declared tha  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 4 -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors (BOV), a nonfiduciary, appointed advisory board of volunteers who advance the institution's mission to end cancer, marks the beginning of Fiscal Year 2019 with nine new members, effective Sept. 1: * Kimberly Alfonso, Las Vegas, Nevada: retired vice president and owner of Vic Alfonso Cadillac Hummer Inc. in Portland  more

KISSIMMEE, Florida, Sept. 6 -- The Truckload Carriers Association issued the following news: Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is proud to announce that its Call for Presenters is now open for the 81st Annual Convention. The premier networking and education event in the truckload industry, the 2019 Convention will be held March 10-12 at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. "We at TCA are dedicated to building an educational experience at our 81st Annual Convention that is unrival  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: With National Voter Registration Month officially kicking off over the weekend, Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske took the opportunity to try and deceive Nevadans about her record on helping eligible voters gain access to the voting booth. Instead, it serves as a good reminder of Cegavske's long history of trying to make it harder for Nevadans to vote. Let's take a trip down memory lane:   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 4 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Last week, Republican attorney general candidate Wes Duncan and the rest of the GOP ticket stood in front of a Republican women's club and chastised Democratic candidate Sen. Aaron Ford for leading on criminal justice reform while in the state legislature, with Duncan saying that he wanted to increase sentences for those who may already be incarcerated for a lengthy term. Duncan stood by in agreement  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: As oral arguments start today in the federal lawsuit that would strip protections for hundreds of thousands of Nevadans living with a pre-existing medical condition, voters are being reminded of Sen. Dean Heller's craven silence on this lawsuit. Heller has refused multiple opportunities to denounce the Trump Administration's decision to support a legal challenge arguing the Affordable Care Act's prote  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 4 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: With health care continuing to be the number one issue for Nevada voters, Sen. Dean Heller may be in for a rude awakening. The Nevada Independent editor Jon Ralston appeared on MSNBC over Labor Day weekend to discuss the state of the race - and said that if health care remains the top issue, "Dean Heller is in big, big trouble." Watch here: https://youtu.be/vUhyw7QCMAc KEY POINTS: 1. Ralston: "I don  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 4 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Judge Brett Kavanaugh faces a Senate panel today for his confirmation hearing to be the next Supreme Court justice, it's worth remembering that Adam Laxalt "enthusiastically support[s]" Kavanaugh and has urged the Senate to "expeditiously confirm" the anti-choice jurist. With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, Laxalt's dream of overturning Roe v. Wade and taking away women's constitutional right to sa  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 7 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A Nevada legislative panel today voted to oppose fossil-fuel development in the Ruby Mountains and ask Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to prevent oil and gas leasing there. The Nevada Legislative Committee on Public Lands agreed to send a letter to Perdue that recognizes the "irreplaceable scenic, biological, cultural, and recreational" values of the Ruby Mountains and urges the secretary   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 7 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement by spokesperson Sarah Abel after Sen. Dean Heller's campaign was exposed for running digital ads featuring photoshopped images of Rep. Jacky Rosen's eyebrows: "This disrespectful and sexist attack on Jacky Rosen is a new low for Senator Heller's desperate re-election campaign. "Senator Heller owes all Nevada women an explanation for why he thinks photoshopping a woman's eyebrows is an acceptable way to   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 4 -- The Nevada Republican Party issued the following news release: Steve Sisolak waited eight years, until he was running for governor, to investigate allegations of misconduct by a public defender under his purview. In 2010, Steve Sisolak received a memo from the District Attorney, which flagged a "longstanding history of sexual discrimination and harassment" in Clark County Public Defender Phil Kohn's office. Sisolak stood down and allowed the behavior to go unche  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Oral arguments in Texas v. Azar begin today, and on trial are protections for the more than 400,000 Nevadans with pre-existing conditions as well as Gov. Brian Sandoval's Medicaid expansion, which covers over 250,000 additional Nevadans. Even though Republican attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt has said he wouldn't "roll back" Sandoval's Medicaid expansion if elected, he refuses   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: Republican Adam Laxalt has made it clear that he is the only candidate who will stand up for small businesses in Nevada. Yesterday, the National Federation of Independent Business endorsed Laxalt for governor, calling him a "proven fighter for small business" while noting his numerous "pro-small-business accomplishments as attorney general." With a clear record of standing up for business owners acros  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: One year ago today, President Trump announced his plans to terminate President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since then, Trump ally and Republican Sen. Dean Heller has repeatedly failed to work across the aisle on finding a bipartisan solution for the thousands of Dreamers who call Nevada home. For the past year, Heller has declined to support the bipartisan Dream Act  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 7 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, exposed the records of anti-LGBTQ U.S. Senate candidate Sen. Dean Heller and Nevada gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt, who are scheduled to campaign with Vice President Mike Pence in Las Vegas today. Laxalt and Heller have long records of undermining LGBTQ equality  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: The Republican Governors Association released a new television advertisement in the Nevada governor's race today, highlighting Democrat Steve Sisolak's support for raising tuition and fees on Nevada students, making college even more expensive. Watch the new RGA Nevada TV Ad here: youtu.be/vgQSO2UaQp0 "As a University Regent, Steve Sisolak repeatedly raised tuition and fees, making it even more diff  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 6 -- The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions issued the following news release: After five decades as a devoted physician and luminary in the field of interventional cardiology, Joseph Babb, MD, MSCAI has passed at the age of 79. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is saddened to learn of the passing of Joseph D. Babb, MD, MSCAI. Dr. Babb was president of SCAI from 2001-2002 and practiced medicine at East Carolina He  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association issued the following news release: The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) unveiled the design of its 2018 SGIA Expo T-shirt, designed for the second straight year by Graphic Elephants. Shirts will sell for $5 at the Expo (Las Vegas, October 18-20), and proceeds will support the Nevada SPCA. "It is an honor to be asked to produce the art and shirts for the Expo. We always try to put together something that matches  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 5 -- The University of Nevada's Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The UNLV Department of Art welcomes Aram Moshayedi to the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 for the Fall Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Aram Moshayedi is a curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, where he most recently organized the exhibition and publication Stories of Almost Everyone. In 2016, he co-curated (with Hamza Walker) Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, o  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 7 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Today, when Vice President Mike Pence attends a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt in Nevada, Laxalt will have the chance to personally demand that the Trump administration cancel plans to detain immigrant families indefinitely. Yesterday, the Trump administration announced plans to scrap decades-old precedent and move to detain immigrant families in "jail-like settings" ind  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Sept. 7 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: As Vice President Mike Pence comes to town today, Nevadans are witnessing first-hand as rubber stamps Sen. Dean Heller and Attorney General Adam Laxalt are rewarded for doing absolutely nothing to hold the Trump administration accountable for selling Nevada's working families out time and again. But that's not all. Also coming on this trip is Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who rece  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: This week Secretary Zinke's Department of the Interior will begin another round of oil and gas leasing on public lands-- auctioning off public lands in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah to the highest bidder. The latest leases are part of an effort by Sec. Zinke to lease every possible acre of public land as quickly as possible. Every three months new swaths near our parks and treasured places are being sold out to ind  more