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Rural Counties Approved For Federal Funding After Major Disaster Declaration

April 28, 2023 12:06 pm

After a series of winter storms caused over $10 million in damages in Nevada, Governor Joe Lombardo declared a State of Emergency back in March and urged the Biden Administration to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for Nevada. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, along with Congressman Steven Horsford...

GOED Unanimously Approves $330M In Tax Abatements For Tesla Expansion

March 2, 2023 12:02 pmMarch 3, 2023 11:03 am

This morning, The Governor’s Office of Economic Development board (GOED) voted unanimously to approve a set of four tax abatements totaling $330 million over 20 years for Tesla’s planned $3.6 billion capital investment in Storey County. Tesla contends that the new Gigafactory will bring 3,000 jobs to the region offering...

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,...

An Interview with Republican Assemblyman PK O’Neill

March 3, 2022 5:36 pmMarch 4, 2022 7:30 am

Raised in Northern Virginia, PK O’Neill would watch Congress in action on the weekends. “It built a familiarity and interest in politics, ” O’Neill told The Globe. During his 40+ year career in law enforcement, O’Neill had his share of interacting with elected officials, but when he came to Nevada...