SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 17 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 23-08-017) on Aug. 16, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Examine Electric Utility De-Energization of Power Lines in Dangerous Conditions. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO COUNTIES OF MENDOCINO, NAPA, NEVADA, SONOMA, AND THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA FOR CONTRIBUT  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: This week, Senate Republicans' "intraparty rifts that defined the 2022 cycle and contributed to the GOP's loss[es]" were once again on full display in races across the map. * In Nevada, Jeffrey Ross Gunter, Tony Grady, and Stephanie Phillips entered the already "chao[tic]" "primary brawl," joining Sam Brown and "Trump ally" Jim Marchant. And a new story in The Messenger highlighted how "Trump  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: This week, a wave of new reporting uncovers Senate Republican candidates' vulnerabilities in key races across the map. In Nevada, CNN reported Sam Brown started a PAC to "help elect Republicans" that has instead been used to pay off his own losing campaign debts. In Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reported "David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Conn  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 16 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP and the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) will co-host the fourth annual Summit for Corporate Governance Sept. 22 at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort. The keynote speaker will be Stephen M. Bainbridge, the William D. Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles School of La  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Aug. 18 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Today, Attorney General Ford reacted to a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that maintains medically unnecessary and burdensome barriers on accessing the medication abortion drug mifepristone. AG Ford stressed, however, that mifepristone will still be available to patients, albeit with these restrictions. In a decision on Wednesday, the co  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Joe Lombardo announced Adriana Guzman Fralick as the new Chair of the Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB). Guzman Fralick was initially appointed by Governor Lombardo to the CCB in January 2023. "I'm excited to appoint Adriana as the Chair of the Cannabis Compliance Board," said Governor Joe Lombardo. "Adriana has shown excellent judgment and demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of indust  more

RENO, Nevada, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * University of Nevada, Reno researcher leads team to reframe and add to tools used by clinicians * * * There are many tools used to assess malnutrition in kidney disease patients, but making the right diagnosis takes some careful interpretation and consideration of all factors. This goes beyond measuring dietary intake and weight on a scoring system and into considering social factors and other  more