SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE New numbers released today show an increase in foreclosures across 75 percent of America’s metropolitan areas during the first half of 2010. Nevada is among the states worst hit by this increase, and the numbers show Las Vegas as the worst city in the entire country for foreclosures. One in every...
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SUBMITTED RELEASE On a day when Nevadans are losing more jobs and more homes and filing for bankruptcies in record high numbers, Harry Reid proved once again why his irregularity on fiscal matters continues to sink the country deeper. “Today, Senator Harry Reid moved forward on an unemployment extension bill, which Republicans have always...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sen. Harry Reid made the following remarks at a press conference today following a cloture vote in the Senate to extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “You’ve heard us talk for weeks about the importance of extending unemployment insurance for millions...
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SUBMITTED RELEASE Fresh off the news that Nevada overtook Michigan for the highest unemployment rate in America, new unemployment numbers were released yesterday showing that last place just sunk a little lower. Unemployment in Nevada hit 14.2 percent, a record high despite the passage of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s $787 billion stimulus package that...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle today said she is dismayed by the latest unemployment figures for Nevada and said they reflect “the utter failure of the Reid approach to the U.S. economy.” The newest numbers showed Nevada’s unemployment rate at 14 percent, the highest in the nation. During a Senate speech...
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by Philip Moyer – Nevada News Bureau Nevada’s unemployment rate rose to 13 percent this December, according to a press release from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. This marks a rise of almost 5 percentage points from December 2008′s unemployment rate of 8.4 percent, and a rise of 0.7 percentage points...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE Governor prepared to use Emergency Regulations to continue unemployment benefits CARSON CITY — – Because of inaction by the Legislature, Governor Jim Gibbons today announced he is working with staff to craft emergency regulations that will continue assistance to working families in Nevada who have unemployed family members who are out...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation today released the unemployment figures for October 2009. Statewide, unemployment decreased from 13.3 percent to 13.0 percent during October. Unfortunately, Gov. Jim Gibbons believes this to be a temporary drop and not a sign that Nevada’s economy is turning around....
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GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Governor Jim Gibbons today announced his recommendation of a one-year reduction in unemployment insurance taxes paid by the majority of Nevada businesses. “The best way to keep jobs and encourage businesses to add new workers is make it easier for them,” Governor Gibbons said, “Nevada businesses have already been hit...
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