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Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval appointed Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini as chairman of the Nevada Commission of Police Officers' Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) on On Tuesday, May 13, 2014.

Sheriff Pierini has been on the Commission since 2002 and the Chairman since 2006 after being appointed by three Governors, Kenny Guinn, Jim Gibbons and Brian Sandoval.

According to a press releases, selection to the non-compensated Board of Commissioners is based largely upon the appointee's commitment to professionalism and excellence within the law enforcement field.

The, members of the fire-based Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (MAC) and the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team (TFFT), expressed appreciation for the joint Proclamation issued by the Governors of Nevada and California prior to the 17th annual Lake Tahoe Summit held in August.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and noted that this was the first time, ever, a Russian Ambassador has visited Lake Tahoe. Senator Reid described Russia's Lake Baikal as the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water, conservation efforts, and compared both Lake Baikal and Lake Tahoe as "two of the fairest places in all of the earth".

The governors of California and Nevada have agreed to renew a bi-state partnership to preserve, protect and enhance Lake Tahoe through the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Compact.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Calif. Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced Tuesday an agreement that renews the partnership, which has been under threat of repeal.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval favors keeping alive the threat to leave the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Compact, a decades-old agreement that has governed environmental controls and development in the scenic Sierra basin straddling the Nevada-California line, a legislative committee was told Tuesday.
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Gov. Brian Sandoval signed legislation Thursday legalizing online gambling in Nevada, capping a dizzying day at the Legislature as lawmakers passed the bill through the Assembly and Senate as an em...

One of Douglas County's 150 most influential people will lead Nevada's 150th Anniversary Commission, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced on Wednesday.Stateline resident Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was named ...

The director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife resigned abruptly Wednesday at the request of Gov. Brian Sandoval, following months of pressure from representatives in rural Nevada over deer m...

Gov. Brian Sandoval is scheduled to give his second State of the State address to lawmakers at 6 p.m. today, outlining his goals for Nevada and a proposed $6 billion-plus state spending plan for th...

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today said he wants an assessment of how Nevada’s public schools are doing in regards to security following the horrific shooting deaths a week ago at a Connecticut elementary school.
Sandoval made the request as chairman of the state Homeland Security Commission, which met today by teleconference. A presentation will be prepared for the next meeting of the commission.

Amid bipartisan legislative calls for release of agency budget requests withheld by his administration, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Thursday that by the end of next week he will release the list ...

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 12.1 percent in August from July, the second month of increases in the jobless rate after hitting a three-year low in May, a state agency reported today.

Nevada National Guard members plan to pause for a moment of silence at 2 p.m. Thursday to remember those who died a year ago during the mass shooting at a Carson City IHOP.
The victims who died in the attack are Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67, of South Lake Tahoe; Sgt. 1st Class Christian Riege, 38; Lt. Col. Heath Austin Kelly, 35; and Sgt. 1st Class Miranda Summerwind McElhiney, 31.
“All Nevada Guardsmen are being asked to take a minute, stop what you’re doing and think about those we lost,” Maj. April Conway told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

CARSON CITY – A board overseeing the creation of the state’s health insurance exchange opted today not to seek general fund support to subsidize the fees charged to participants in the program.
The Finance and Sustainability Advisory Subcommittee of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange Board had proposed subsidizing the monthly fee paid by enrollees with a general fund appropriation from the state Insurance Premium Tax.

The need for more public-private partnerships to complete environmental projects at Lake Tahoe is the focus of the 16th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, which will be held this Monday, August 13 at the Edgewood Tahoe resort at Stateline, Nev. The free event will be held 9 a.m. to noon and is open to the public.

CARSON CITY — A new report from The Council of State Governments exploring the successes that 13 Western states have had with tax incentives to encourage economic growth found that Nevada has fewer such programs in large part because of its tax structure.

The 16th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit will be held at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course Aug. 13, according to a Monday announcement by U.S. Senator Dean Healler (R-NV).Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, Californ...

CARSON CITY – A broader measure of Nevada’s unemployment picture, including those who have given up looking for work, showed slight but continued improvement through the second quarter of 2012, a federal report released today shows.
Called the U-6 rate, it declined in Nevada from 22.3 percent in the four quarters through March 31 to 22.1 percent in the 12 months ending June 30, according to the quarterly report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval made a statement on Saturday to the family of a Sparks man, among 12 killed in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater mass shooting.
MyNews4.com reports Jonathan Blunk, a 2004 graduate of Hug High School, was a victim in Friday's deadly shooting.

CARSON CITY — The state Board of Examiners on Friday approved a $3 million contract with an out-of-state firm to spearhead tourism efforts in Nevada after being told the selection process was thorough and fair.
The board, with members Gov. Brian Sandoval and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto voting, approved the two-year contract with the California-based offices of Burson-Marsteller.

CARSON CITY – A letter from 12 U.S. Senators and 61 members of the House to the nation’s governors asking them to oppose the creation of health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act comes too late to have any effect in Nevada.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval on Thursday defended the secretive process that led to a decision by Apple to build a data center and related facilities in the Reno area that will bring $1 billion in investment to the area over the next decade.