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Reno City Council Approves Stormwater Utility

December 14, 2023 12:36 pmDecember 16, 2023 3:20 pm

During yesterday’s monthly council meeting, the City of Reno approved a new Stormwater Utility that will charge a fee to every Reno homeowner and business. The initial monthly fee proposed is $9.82 to fund a 32-year infrastructure project at a cost of $470 million. Although the city maintains there is...

Opinion: Big Questions Surround Judge Russell’s ‘Small’ Foundation

November 21, 2023 1:46 pm

The intricacies of federal vs non-federal oversight of nonprofits administered by the IRS and Secretaries of State are often so complicated, especially when millions of dollars in revenues are involved, that it requires a seasoned CPA to ensure legal compliance. Private foundations, for example, typically receive their income from their...

Biden Names UNR A Technology Hub For Lithium And EV Materials

October 23, 2023 1:59 pmOctober 24, 2023 12:20 pm

The Biden administration has designated the University of Nevada, Reno, as a 2023 Technology Hub due to UNR’s core technology in lithium batteries and other electronic vehicle (EV) materials. As one of 31 Technology Hubs identified by the administration, a portion of $500 million in grants will be distributed to...

USA Today Sues UNR For Violating Public Records Act

June 23, 2023 1:49 pm

The Nevada Public Records Act, NRS 239.010, provides that all state agency records are public unless declared confidential by law. The public can file verbal or written requests for a variety of records, including state employee communications, state employee contracts, and state documents. The agency must respond in five days...

VP Kamala Harris To Visit UNR for Abortion Discussion

April 17, 2023 10:33 am

Vice President Kamala Harris will be taking a break from her border czar duties to become the leading White House voice on abortion rights in the wake of a federal judge’s controversial ruling in Texas on mifepristone, the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe V. Wade, and a decision by the...

UNR Seeking Racists to Combat Racism

April 27, 2022 11:49 amApril 28, 2022 1:08 pm

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are not only progressive buzzwords for segregation, racism and exclusion, but have morphed into vast taxpayer-funded boondoggles of departments and positions within government bureaus and academia. It has been well-chronicled that the progressive, self-anointed champions of DEI aren’t necessarily welcoming to diversity and inclusion of...

Governor Sisolak Ends State Employee Covid-19 Testing Program

March 23, 2022 10:48 amMarch 24, 2022 9:19 am

Governor Steve Sisolak has officially ended the weekly Covid-19 testing program for unvaccinated state employees. Per a memorandum shared with The Nevada Globe by a source: When the state began its first of a kind vaccination or testing program, nearly 50 percent of the state workforce was testing weekly. This...