Yearly Archives: 2023
MLK’s vision of love as a moral imperative still matters
Martin Luther King Jr.‘s understanding of the role of love in engaging individuals and communities in conflict is crucial today. For King, love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong.
Residents voice concerns over planned hotel casino
A new, modern hotel casino may be coming to Reno within the next four years if everything goes as planned for its developers.
‘We’re all burned out’: VA workers rally outside hospital over staffing shortages
Union members with American Federation of Government Employees Local 2152 held two rallies Friday highlighting staffing shortages at the local Veterans Administration hospital and those nationwide.
Reno Earth Day organizers call it quits
The organization that hosts Reno’s annual Earth Day celebration since 2012 has dissolved and will not be hosting the 2023 event.
End of rental assistance program prompts fears evictions will spike
The CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP), which used federal relief funding to provide rental assistance, will be scaled back drastically starting Jan. 23 and focus solely on Social Security recipients and others relying on fixed incomes.
In Nevada prisons, use-of-force overhaul stalls
Ten months after a yearlong state audit found Nevada's prison system had widespread deficiencies in its use of force procedures, officials with the state Department of Corrections have acknowledged that none of the audit's 16 recommendations meant to improve facility operations has been completed.
Lithium mine announces $700 million federal energy loan, activists call it a ruse
The company proposing the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine today announced it received a conditional $700 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Dickson Commercial Group represents seller in mixed-use office/retail building on S. Virginia (sponsored)
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DCG’s Dominic Brunetti, CCIM and Scott Shanks, SIOR, Patrick Riggs, and Gary Tremaine, represented the seller in the disposition of a 25,432 square foot mixed-use office/retail building located at 2195 South Virginia Street.
Citizens rally behind downtown markets after alcohol licenses revoked by city
A number of people spoke during public comment at Wednesday’s Reno City Council meeting protesting the council’s decision in December to revoke alcohol licenses of two downtown businesses
Nevada Legislature earns ‘A’ for election reforms, but path forward less clear
A new report praises the Nevada State Legislature for expanding voter access and improving its election system, saying that in 2021 the state “managed to pass nearly every pro-voter improvement it could have.”