Yearly Archives: 2010
Conservative caucus, GOP minority fight to get their views heard in special session
By Sean Whaley, Nevada News BureauCARSON CITY--Assembly Republicans, who haven’t had a majority presence in the Legislature in 25 years, are working with their...
Governor amends special session proclamation
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASECARSON CITY -- Governor Jim Gibbons today amended the proclamation that sets forth the agenda for legislators meeting in special session in...
Opinion: Would Republican Senate candidates have opposed tax cuts, job creation?
SUBMITTED RELEASE FROM NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTYBy Phoebe SweetLAS VEGAS--Today the Senate passed a Jobs Bill with overwhelming bipartisan support, despite John Ensign’s...
University of Nevada, Reno hydrologist named to national science panel
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEProfessor and hydrologist Scott Tyler of the University of Nevada, Reno has been appointed to a select National Academy of Sciences panel...
Bighorns edged by Iowa, 120-116
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEDES MOINES, Iowa— Reno pushed Eastern Conference leading Iowa into a one-possession game in the final seconds Tuesday night,...
Luke Babbitt named ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEWolf Pack sophomore forward Luke Babbitt has been named an ESPN the Magazine second-team Academic All-American, the College Sports Information Directors of...
Nevada business students tie for first in international business competition
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASETeam Aerial, a group of University of Nevada, Reno business students, made its mark in the recent international GLO-BUS competition, a simulated...
College of Engineering outreach program receives grant
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE
RENO, Nev. – The Nevada Public Education Foundation has awarded $10,000 to the University of Nevada, Reno for the Mathematics,...
Extension offers Nevadans tax preparation tips online
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASERENO, Nev. -- It’s tax preparation season, and Nevadans with questions about deductions, Social Security benefits, 401(K) accounts and other personal finance...
Building a new Nevada – destroying dreams, deferring futures Part VI
By Chancellor Dan Klaich
Nevada System of Higher EducationI have spent a lot of time lately discussing the budget. My comments have tended to talk...