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Gov. Lombardo Proclaims February 6 ‘Ronald Reagan Day’ in Nevada

February 6, 2023 5:53 pm

February 6th, President Ronald Reagan’s birthday, has now been designated “Ronald Reagan Day” through proclamation by Governor Joe Lombardo. Today would have marked President Reagan’s 112th birthday. The proclamation, in part reads: WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble background, having been employed as an entertainer, Union leader, corporate...

Gov. Lombardo Issues Exec Order Demanding Audit of Public Schools

February 6, 2023 4:04 pmFebruary 13, 2023 2:18 pm

Today, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Executive Order 2023-005, which directed the Division of Internal Audits in the Governor’s Finance Office to review Nevada’s 17 public school districts and the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority. In part, the order reads: WHEREAS, Nevada currently operates 763 public schools that serve more than...

Despite Lombardo’s $2B Education Budget, Dem Legislators Propose Additional $250M

February 3, 2023 1:03 pmFebruary 10, 2023 9:15 am

During his State of the State address, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo announced he was budgeting a historic $2 billion in new funding for public education, an increase of more than 22 percent from the current biennium. Adopting the Democrats’ “Pupil Centered Funding Plan”, this investment will be weighted and distributed based...

Republican Caucus Of The Assembly Calls For Common-Sense Election Integrity Measures

January 31, 2023 11:18 amFebruary 2, 2023 11:12 am

In an op-ed submitted to the Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ), the leadership of the Republican Caucus of the Assembly, consisting of Jill Dickman, Rich DeLong, Danielle Gallant and P.K. O’Neill, pens a strong case to roll back transformative election laws passed unilaterally by the Democratic majority during the pandemic. The leadership...

Gov. Lombardo Announces Three New Board and Commission Appointments

January 30, 2023 11:21 amJanuary 31, 2023 11:18 am

On Friday, Governor Joe Lombardo announced three new board and commission appointments. Governor Lombardo announced his appointments of Brian Krolicki to the Nevada Gaming Commission, Adriana Guzmán Fralick to the Cannabis Compliance Board, and Donna Bath to the Commission on Judicial Selection. Krolicki, former Nevada State Treasurer (1999-2006) and Lieutenant...

Gov. Lombardo’s Opening Salvo: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

January 27, 2023 10:05 amJanuary 30, 2023 11:22 am

We are quickly approaching the regularly scheduled 120-day spectacle that occurs every biennium. As our duly elected legislators and their special interest buddies start to congregate in Carson City, we are well served to remember the warnings of beloved American writer and famous former Nevadan resident, Mark Twain: “No man’s...

Gov. Lombardo Joins Elon Musk To Announce Tesla’s New $3.6B Factory

January 25, 2023 4:26 pm

During his optimistic State of the State address on Monday, Republican Joe Lombardo declared that Nevada is open for business, effective immediately. Yesterday, Governor Lombardo joined Elon Musk and UNR President, former governor Brian Sandoval, to announce Tesla’s new $3.6B giga factory in Northern Nevada. In a social media post,...