Recession frays a health care safety net for low-income Nevadans
Medical group, serving poor and uninsured, struggles to survive
Las Vegas Sun
By Marshall Allen
April 21, 2010
The weight of the recession is pushing Nevada
Health Centers, the medical safety net for tens of thousands of low-income
Nevadans, to the financial breaking point, officials with the nonprofit
organization say.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Tammy Krikorian
April 13, 2010
Although new day care regulations adopted by the state went into effect this
month, Nevada's child care standards still rank below average compared with
other states.
Report: Las Vegas is nation’s No. 2 destination for movers
Las Vegas Sun
By Sun Staff
April 5, 2010
The slowdown in Las Vegas has put a damper on just about every marker of the
local economy: The real estate bubble has burst, tourism and gaming numbers are
down, unemployment is up.
COMMENTARY: Environment, consumers can gain by renewable energy projects in Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
By Michele Burkett
April 4, 2010
Don’t leave your house. That’s what the voice on the radio was telling me: Don’t
leave your house. The air in Salt Lake City was dangerously polluted and the
state was warning us that breathing the air outside would be hazardous to our
health.
$11 million transit center opens in northwest valley
Las Vegas Sun
By Tiffany Gibson
March 29, 2010
Transportation officials unveiled the new Centennial Hills Transit Center on
Monday and recognized members of the congressional delegation who supported the
federal Recovery Act, which helped to fund the facility.
The Nevada Conservation League Endorses Senator Joyce Woodhouse
Woodhouse has been a leader protecting Nevada's Environment and Quality
of Life
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2010
(Las Vegas) - Today, the Nevada Conservation
League endorsed Joyce Woodhouse for the Nevada State Senate. Citing her "dedication to service," the
organization endorsed Woodhouse "for demonstrating a shared vision of our
conservation values." Senator Joyce
Woodhouse (Clark, District 5) is seeking re-election to represent the greater
Henderson area for a second term in the State Senate.
Tammy Peterson, Candidate for Senate District 8, Endorsed by Democratic Leaders
Democratic Leaders Say Peterson is the Leader Nevada
Deserves
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 2010
(Las Vegas) - Today, Tammy Peterson was endorsed by
four former chairs of the Nevada State Democratic Party, Assemblyman Tick
Segerblom (1990-1994), Senator Terry Care (2000-2001), Adriana Martinez (2005),
and County Commissioner Tom Collins (2006-2007). Collectively, their service to the Nevada
State Democratic Party spans over a decade of making our State a better place
for Nevada's families.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Prices at the wholesale level plunged in February by the largest
amount in seven months as a big drop in energy prices offset higher food costs.
Bills in Congress would take important steps to help ensure worker safety
Las Vegas Sun
March 18, 2010
Over the past few years, Nevada has become a poster child of the problems with
workplace safety oversight and regulation. During the construction boom on the
Las Vegas Strip, for example, there were 12 deaths in an 18-month period, and
Nevada’s workplace safety regulators were criticized for their slow, anemic
response.
After being laid off from his job repairing industrial machinery, 40-year-old
Las Vegan David Dewees found himself in the unemployment line for the first time
in his life.
Housing starts post gains in West, drops nationally
Reno Gazette Journal
By Jason Hidalgo
March 17, 2010
Housing starts in the West posted gains in February despite a nationwide drop,
but a local builders' group also said new housing volume remains short of the
norm.
School Zone: District implements new green initiatives
Reno Gazette Journal
March 17, 2010
School Zone is a weekly column written by the Washoe County School District
trustees and administration about key issues and noteworthy news for parents,
teachers and students.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Martha Bellisle
March 17, 2010
The number of inmates in state prisons across the country, including in Nevada,
dropped last year for the first time in about 40 years, according to a new
survey by the Pew Center on the States.
Worst of recession may be over, but Las Vegas still has to hold on
In the way of recovery, Brookings report finds, are our tourism-dependent economy, unskilled workers
Las Vegas Sun
By J. Patrick Coolican
March 17, 2010
After two years of economic decline, the gross metropolitan product of Las
Vegas, which measures Southern Nevada’s total output of goods and services, grew
slightly in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a
new report from the Brookings Institution.
Las Vegas apartment market still in grip of recession
Las Vegas Sun
By Buck Wargo
March 16, 2010
Nevada is not only at the top of the list in home foreclosures. The state also
leads the nation in the percentage of delinquent loans for apartment complexes.
Legislative Effort Led by Senator Joyce Woodhouse
has the potential to bring significant resources to Nevada's schools
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
(Las Vegas)
-- Today, crucial legislation enabling Nevada to compete for up to $175
million in Federal "Race to the Top" Education Funds was signed into
law. The legislative effort, led by
Senator Joyce Woodhouse, removes language that would have prevented Nevada from
applying for the competition. As chair
of the Legislative Committee on Education, Woodhouse led the bi-partisan effort
to remove the language.
Waiver allows School District to shift textbook money
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan
March 9, 2010
CARSON CITY –- The state Board of Examiners has granted a waiver to the Clark
County School District so it doesn’t have to spend its entire budget allotment
for textbooks, instructional supplies and computer hardware.
Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension
Reno Gazette Journal
By Andrew taylor, Associated Press Writer
March 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term
jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60
popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of
last year.
Private schools: Fending off an exodus of students
Educators offering financial aid as families struggle to pay tuition amid the grinding recession
Las Vegas Sun
By Emily Richmond
March 9, 2010
Even as public schools are reeling from state budget cuts, private and parochial
schools in the Las Vegas Valley are confronting their own financial struggles,
with recession-slammed parents struggling to make tuition payments.
Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 88 Endorses Tammy Peterson for State Senate, District 8
Lifelong Nevadan is the Leader Nevada's Working Families Deserve
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 8, 2010
(Las Vegas)
-- Today, the Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 88 endorsed Tammy Peterson
for the Nevada State Senate, District 8.
Sheet Metal Workes Union Local 88 represents over 2,200 members in
Southern Nevada.
The Nevada Faculty Alliance Endorses Tammy Peterson for State Senate, District 8
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 4, 2010
(Las Vegas) - Today, the Nevada
Faculty Alliance endorsed Tammy Peterson for State Senate, District 8. The
Alliance, which represents higher education faculty and professional staff at
all eight institutions of the Nevada System of Higher Education, announced that
its 15-member state board voted unanimously to endorse on the recommendation of
its Southern endorsement committee. The
state board's endorsement cited her "independent thinking" and her
commitment to "preserving and building our System of Higher
Education" as the "key to Nevada's future."
Ross Miller: eWeek celebrates entrepreneurship as the key to economic recovery
Reno Gazette Journal
March 4, 2010
If you're looking for a way to be part of the solution that helps get Nevada's
economy back on track, I'd encourage you to support the upcoming eWeek and NCET
Entrep-reneur Expo.
LAS VEGAS -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development have announced up to $1.3 million to
help reverse the effects of foreclosures and abandonments in Las Vegas and Clark
County.
Reno Gazette Journal
By David Carpenter, Associated Press
February 23, 2010
CHICAGO -- Economists expect the recovery to remain "firmly on track" over the
next two years though job growth likely is to remain slow, according to a new
survey.
Henderson looks to advance parts of science center plan
Las Vegas Sun
By Erin Dostal
February 23, 2010
The Henderson Space and Science Center’s board of directors will meet today to
discuss and possibly approve elements of a strategic plan that would allow the
group to move forward with the project.
Zoning issues rear their head again for School District
Assigning students to different campuses is gut-wrenching for administrators, communities and especially families
Las Vegas Sun
By Emily Richmond
February 23, 2010
For all the hot-button educational issues debated at school board meetings,
nothing is as sure to bring out a crowd of parents than to tell them that their
children might be assigned to a different campus.
Homeowners in the West are more pessimistic than the nation when it comes to
their own home's value, according to a survey by Zillow.com, an online real
estate marketplace.
Online Washoe forum Monday to discuss education cuts
Reno Gazette Journal
February 22, 2010
Local school officials and community leaders will hold an online forum tonight
to offer insights on Tuesday's special session of the Legislature, where major
cuts to education are proposed as part of the solution to the state's $880
million budget deficit.
Benny Yerushalmi Announces Candidacy for Senate District 9
Businessman Pledges Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2010
(Henderson) - Today, local businessman Benny Yerushalmi
announced his candidacy for the Nevada State Senate, District 9. A lifelong Nevadan, Benny Yerushalmi is the
son of immigrants who came to Las Vegas in 1972 with very little except the
desire for a better life. Four decades
later, Benny works side by side with his family managing their growing small
business-a business that has been an active part of the Las Vegas community and
today provides jobs for over 120 Nevadans.
Benny attended Clark High School in Las Vegas and was the first in his
family to graduate from college.
Solar plant in Boulder City gets $2.9 million grant
Las Vegas Sun
By Stephanie Tavares
February 18, 2010
The Spanish company that is expanding its Boulder City solar plant got a boost
from the U.S. government recently when the Energy Department awarded it a $2.9
million grant, the Obama Administration announced tonight.
Daily Sparks Tribune
By Jessica Garcia
February 14, 2010
SPARKS — This week, 17 Washoe County schools, including Sparks’ Greenbrae, Lena
Juniper and Lincoln Park elementary schools, will be the beneficiaries of 6,500
reading books provided by the Molina Foundation and funded by the Assistance
League of Reno-Sparks.
New law could make college loans easier for Nevada families
Reno Gazette Journal
By Michael Martinez
February 5, 2010
Federal legislation that would make more direct lending available to students
would benefit community colleges, according to local financial aid officials.
Identify theft continues to keep Metro’s Electronic Crimes Unit busy
Las Vegas Sun
By Abigail Goldman
February 15, 2010
The fraud took 48 hours from start to finish — a credit card that was swiped at
a high-end fashion retailer in Las Vegas one day was counterfeited and being
used two days later, often in Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Germany or Spain.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Bill O'Driscoll
February 10, 2010
The gasoline market has taken a mid-winter breather from a season of swelling
prices, tumbling 10 cents or more in AAA Nevada's monthly survey Tuesday.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Bill O'Driscoll
February 10, 2010
The gasoline market has taken a mid-winter breather from a season of swelling
prices, tumbling 10 cents or more in AAA Nevada's monthly survey Tuesday.
RGJ editorial: Governor missed opportunity to show that he has a real plan
Reno Gazette Journal: Editorial
February 9, 2010
Nevadans who were hoping that Gov. Jim Gibbons would finally, after more than
three years in office, show the leadership that these difficult times in Nevada
need from a governor, surely were disappointed by the time he finished the
speech he billed as a State of the State Message on Monday evening.
State of the State snapshot: details, key points, a look ahead
Reno Gazette Journal
Compiled By Anjeanette Damon
February 8, 2010
What’s next?: Gov. Jim Gibbons has called for a special session of the
Legislature to convene Feb. 23. Lawmakers will continue to hold public budget
hearings to gather input on the proposed changes.
February packs ‘em in for convergence of conventions, events
Las Vegas Sun
By Richard N. Velotta
February 8, 2010
Gamblers
are in town for the Super Bowl; over the Presidents Day three-day weekend,
lovebirds will flock in for Valentine’s Day weddings on the same day that
revelers will celebrate the Chinese New Year; wholesale clothing buyers will
pack up for the mammoth MAGIC apparel trade show Feb. 16 to 19; and racing
enthusiasts will drive in for NASCAR Weekend Feb. 27-28.
Grim numbers show Nevada leads nation in suicides over 60
Las Vegas Sun
By Abigail Goldman
February 8, 2010
Suicide statistics are a grim science, one that dresses data in careful terms,
like "attempt-to-completion ratio." That's the number of attempted suicides
compared to the number of successful suicides.
Analyst: Las Vegas home prices will increase 3 percent this year
Las Vegas Sun
By Buck Wargi
February 4, 2010
A Las Vegas housing analyst said today he expects sales of existing homes in 2010 to mirror those in 2009 and predicts prices will increase by more than 3 percent by the end of the year.
National unemployment rate unexpectedly drops to 9.7 percent in January
Reno Gazette Journal
Associated Press
February 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent, while employers shed 20,000 jobs, according to a report that offered hope the economy will add jobs soon.
Sedative manufacturer might share liability in hepatitis cases
Las Vegas Sun
By Steve Kanigher
February 1, 2010
Attorneys who represent former patients of the shuttered Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada say that a sworn deposition from a drug company executive will help them prove that his company, which makes the sedative propofol used at the clinic, was partly responsible for the valley’s hepatitis C outbreak.
Union helping open doors to homeownership in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
By Michael Mishak
February 1, 2010
Three years ago, as the Culinary Union sat down with Las Vegas casino companies for a new round of contract talks, labor leaders sought to preserve the city’s identity as a worker’s paradise, the place where a housekeeper owns a home.
State’s attitude toward schools, diversification shortchanges next generation
Las Vegas Sun
January 20, 2010
This weekend the Las Vegas Sun’s Emily Richmond reported on the biennial survey by Nevada’s Education Department on student attitudes, and the survey’s results were troubling. For example, nearly one in five middle school students last year admitted to intentionally harming themselves, and nearly that many said they had gone hungry because of a lack of food at home.
Report: Nevada leads nation in food stamp user increase
Reno Gazette Journal
By Lenita Powers
January 6, 2009
Nevada had the largest increase among 30 states in the number of residents who depend on food stamps as their sole income, according to a New York Times analysis of recent welfare data released this week.
In the coming decade, state’s seniors will find limited resources, services
Las Vegas Sun, Editorial
January 5, 2009
Recent U.S. Census Bureau figures revealed that Nevada, which for years had touted itself as being one of the top states in terms of population growth, actually lost population in the most recent year.
Leg Leaders Call for Special Committee Hearing on Qualification for “Race to the Top” Federal Funds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
(Las Vegas) - Today, Senator Joyce Woodhouse, Chair of the Legislature's Interim Committee on Education, and Assemblywoman Debbie Smith called for a special committee hearing, scheduled for Friday, December 11, to review the current barriers for Nevada's application for "Race to The Top" nationwide competition and identify solutions to removing those barriers. The "Race to the Top" competition is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The competition is meant to spur innovation in the states to raise student achievement. Through this program, Nevada could compete for up to $175 million in federal grant funds.
The map below shows the drop in median sale price per square foot of living space in Las Vegas Valley ZIP codes for single-family homes, comparing September, October and November 2008 with the same months in 2009.
State’s community colleges trying to avoid sacrificing quality for quantity
Las Vegas Sun
By Emily Richmond
December 1, 2009
In the three tiers of Nevada’s system of higher education, the role of the community college has been constant: There will always be room for new students.
Nevada construction employment takes dive in recession
Las Vegas Sun
By Chris Morris, Alex Richards
November 23, 2009
In September, the construction industry, because of job losses, accounted for the smallest share of Nevada's workforce it has claimed since 1993. Across the country, employment in construction has declined by more than 20 percent in two years, and in states such as Nevada and Arizona that have relied heavily on the industry for growth in recent years, the decline has been even more pronounced.
Assemblyman pledges to build a better future for all Nevadans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2009
(Las Vegas) - Today, at the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen announced his candidacy for State Senate District 10 (Clark County).Assemblyman Kihuen was first elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2006 and served with distinction since. He has been a community organizer, college recruiter, and is currently a Community Liaison for the College of Southern Nevada. During his three years in office, Ruben has voted to increase the penalties for domestic violence, for more money and higher standard for schools and teachers and to give small business low-interest loans when they want to expand their workforce.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Bill O'Driscoll
November 19, 2009
Nevada's recession will begin recovering next year, but the state should be looking West now to reinvigorate its economy, a noted economist said Wednesday.
12,000 Nevadans qualify for extension of jobless benefits
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan
November 18, 2009
CARSON CITY – Some 12,000 unemployed Nevada workers who had exhausted their weekly jobless benefits will qualify for another 20 weeks of payments under legislation signed by President Obama earlier this month.
Carson City plan calls for downtown technology center
Reno Gazette Journal
By Ray Hagar
November 17, 2009
Because of a hefty contribution from the trust of a late co-owner of the Carson Nugget, Carson City officials are embarking on a plan to turn 8 acres of parking lots around the casino into a downtown technology plaza to attract entrepreneurial companies to Nevada's capital city.
Lawmakers look at past appropriations to learn for future
Las Vegas Sun
By David McGrath Schwartz
November 17, 2009
Carson City — The list of projects approved by the 2007 Legislature looks like a collection of receipts from a Christmas past, when mommy and daddy still had jobs and the house wasn’t in foreclosure.
19 citizens’ goal: What should Nevada be in 20 years?
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan
November 16, 2009
CARSON CITY – Nineteen citizens, including 12 from Clark County, have been selected by a legislative committee to draw up a road map of where Nevada should be in five, 10 and 20 years in commerce, education, health and human services, infrastructure and public safety.
Nevada issues special licenses to families of fallen soldiers
Reno Gazette Journal
By Jeff DeLong
November 10, 2009
Sally Wiley said her son probably would not have liked all the attention. But attention he got Monday as Gov. Jim Gibbons joined officials from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles in issuing the state's first Gold Star license plates to families of fallen service members.
Because of what they eat and excrete, quagga mussels could poison lake
Las Vegas Sun
By Stephanie Tavares
November 9, 2009
Anyone who doubts that the quagga mussels in Lake Mead are a critical issue should consider this warning from the experts: If the quaggas are not stopped, they could poison the lake.
Cities, county find buying valley homes isn’t easy
Las Vegas Sun
By Timothy Pratt
November 8, 2009
Eve Barrozo’s street is one of only five in the valley where the county has purchased houses under an 8-month-old program aimed at “stabilizing” neighborhoods.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Michael Martinez
November 6, 2009
It would take a pandemic among teachers and students for Washoe County schools to close because of the H1N1 virus, a school district official said Thursday.
Report paints gloomy picture of Las Vegas commercial real estate
Las Vegas Sun
By Steve Green
November 6, 2009
When it comes to optimism about commercial real estate, Las Vegas received an unsurprising negative mention in a national report issued Thursday by the Urban Land Institute and accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Las Vegas Sun
By Nicole Lucht, In Business Reporter
November 6, 2009
The recession isn’t slowing down Ken Miller, an energy-conscious entrepreneur who has developed prefabricated walls he says cut down energy use by 30 percent.
Air traffic dips 9.9 percent at Reno-Tahoe International
Reno Gazette Journal
November 5, 2009
Passenger traffic was down 9.9 percent during September at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, compared to the same month in 2008, airport officials said Wednesday.
Panel outlines rising cost of medical care in Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan
November 4, 2009
CARSON CITY – Health care costs are rising but half of Nevada hospitals are losing money.
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-North Las Vegas, said some charges by physicians are "exorbitant" and the problem exists primarily in Clark County.
Editorial: Geothermal energy is coming into its own in the Silver State
Reno Gazette Journal
Editorial
November 3, 2009
They expect an economic recovery to return millions of lost jobs in a matter of months, they expect a war to end with the dropping of a single big bomb (or maybe two), and they reject alternative energy sources that can't compete with coal, gas and nuclear power plants immediately.
Principal says children benefit, but some think area would look impoverished
Las Vegas Sun
By Emily Richmond
November 3, 2009
This is a reality that not everyone is comfortable with: The burden of identifying — and treating — students with health issues has increasingly fallen to local public schools, some of which share their campuses with independently operated health clinics.
Sheila Leslie Announce Candidacy for State Senate - Washoe District 1
Lifelong Advocate for Nevada's Children, Youth and Families will bring Proven Leadership to Nevada Senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 2, 2009
Reno, NV - Today, Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie announced her candidacy for the Nevada Senate, Washoe District 1. Leslie has served with distinction in the Nevada Legislature since 1998, most recently as the Majority Whip of the Nevada Assembly. Leslie is well known for her courageous leadership on behalf of Nevada's citizens who are most in need.
Term-limited Reno assemblywoman to run for state Senate
Reno Gazette Journal
By Anjeanette Damon
November 2, 2009
Veteran Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, will run for the state Senate next year, following other term-limited legislators in attempting the migration from the lower chamber.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Lenita Powers
November 1, 2009
Judy Mikovits remembers that "eureka" moment when she realized that she and her team of researchers at the Whittemore-Peterson Institute in Reno had discovered a new retrovirus that could lead to a possible treatment, even a vaccine, to combat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Jason Hidalgo
October 29, 2009
New home sales in Washoe County saw a bit of a boost from August to September as people tried to meet the deadline for the first-time homebuyer tax credit.
Reno Gazette Journal
By Bill O'Driscoll
October 25, 2009
It's time this week for a new taxable sales report, and the August numbers come atop a year of plummeting sales on everything from cars to clothing to construction materials.
Legislative leaders pledge to take action on recent OSHA report
Oceguera and Horsford say Legislative Commission will appoint working group on Monday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2009
Las Vegas, NV - Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera pledged today that the Nevada Legislature will conduct a thorough review of the findings of a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) report that found serious deficiencies in the Nevada OSHA's workplace safety inspection and enforcement programs.
Washoe existing home sale increase called encouraging trend
Reno Gazette Journal
By Jason Hidalgo
October 21, 2009
Sales of existing homes in Washoe County continued to significantly outpace last year's numbers in September, with one housing analyst expressing cautious optimism that the market is starting to regain "some traction."
Nevada is known as the Silver State because of its rich mining history, but a recent report shows Clark County is also a good place for the silver-haired: Forbes ranked it among the best cities in the country to retire.
‘Vision’ committee targeting quality of life in Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
By Cy Ryan
October 20, 2009
CARSON CITY – The 2009 Legislature authorized a so-called “vision” committee to chart a course to improve Nevada’s quality of life in such areas as health, education, commerce and public safety in the next 20 years.
Probe of agency’s response to worker deaths turns up serious problems Las Vegas Sun
By Lisa Mascaro
October 21, 2009
Washington — The U.S. Labor Department issued a scathing indictment of Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday, painting the state agency charged with keeping workers safe on the job as incompetent and ineffective in the wake of a deadly building boom.
Reno Gazette Journal
Associated Press
October 20, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a new program to support state and local housing finance agencies. The plan will help the agencies finance mortgages for first-time homebuyers and develop rental housing.
More kids are dying across the nation, in Las Vegas
Child abuse and neglect are taking a growing toll. But no one knows why.
Las Vegas Sun
By Richard A. Serrano
October 12, 2009
Twice as many children have died in Clark County this year from abuse and neglect as in all of last year, and officials worry the number could be triple that for 2008 by year’s end.
The legislative committee to study Nevada's tax system received eight bids to conduct the study.
Those bids were all over the map, ranging from a low of $32,200 by a University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor to $909,861 by the University of Nevada, Reno Center for Regional Studies.
Adopts the Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Custody Proceedings Act SB 292
Sponsored by: Senator Care BILL STATUS: April 21, 2009- Passed in Senate (Yeas: 12, Nays: 9). In Assembly Committee on Judiciary. May 16, 2009-Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed
Senate Bill 292 would adopt the Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Custody Proceedings Act. This Act requires a court to appoint either a best interests attorney or a child’s attorney during an abuse and neglect proceeding or a proceeding for the termination of parental rights.
To learn more about Senate Bill 292, or to track the legislation's progress, click here
(Las Vegas) - Today, the Nevada Conservation
League endorsed Joyce Woodhouse for the Nevada State Senate. Citing her "dedication to service," the
organization endorsed Woodhouse "for demonstrating a shared vision of our
conservation values." Senator Joyce
Woodhouse (Clark, District 5) is seeking re-election to represent the greater
Henderson area for a second term in the State Senate.
(Las Vegas) - Today, Tammy Peterson was endorsed by
four former chairs of the Nevada State Democratic Party, Assemblyman Tick
Segerblom (1990-1994), Senator Terry Care (2000-2001), Adriana Martinez (2005),
and County Commissioner Tom Collins (2006-2007). Collectively, their service to the Nevada
State Democratic Party spans over a decade of making our State a better place
for Nevada's families.
(Las Vegas)
-- Today, the Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 88 endorsed Tammy Peterson
for the Nevada State Senate, District 8.
Sheet Metal Workes Union Local 88 represents over 2,200 members in
Southern Nevada.
(Las Vegas) - Today, Senator Joyce Woodhouse, Chair of the Legislature's Interim Committee on Education, and Assemblywoman Debbie Smith called for a special committee hearing, scheduled for Friday, December 11, to review the current barriers for Nevada's application for "Race to The Top" nationwide competition and identify solutions to removing those barriers. The "Race to the Top" competition is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The competition is meant to spur innovation in the states to raise student achievement. Through this program, Nevada could compete for up to $175 million in federal grant funds.
(Las Vegas) - Today, at the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen announced his candidacy for State Senate District 10 (Clark County).
Reno, NV - Today, Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie announced her candidacy for the Nevada Senate, Washoe District 1. Leslie has served with distinction in the Nevada Legislature since 1998, most recently as the Majority Whip of the Nevada Assembly. Leslie is well known for her courageous leadership on behalf of Nevada's citizens who are most in need.
Las Vegas, NV - Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera pledged today that the Nevada Legislature will conduct a thorough review of the findings of a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) report that found serious deficiencies in the Nevada OSHA's workplace safety inspection and enforcement programs.
