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"It’s really a great multi-purpose facility that’s never been used for anything other than bowling."
- Hillary Schieve, Mayor of Reno, hopes to change the National Bowling Stadium to the Wolf Pack Bowl and make that part of their home, adding that maybe there will be a collegiate bowling team and an Esports team in the future. She says they’re bringing in different programming and amenities — like a coffeehouse, brewery and the ability to host Esports — to open the stadium to the community. - Thursday, August 25, 2022.
"Their vote is absolutely up for grabs."
- Peter Guzman, President, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, says while there are big numbers of Hispanics leaving the Democratic party, they’re not running towards the Republican Party; he believes they’re running towards Independent and Non-Partisan. He explains that Hispanics will likely decide some elections, adding the group he sees that are the most upset are Latina soccer moms. - Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
"It needs to be stopped. People need to go to jail for stuff like this."
- Dr. Sondra Cosgrove, History Professor at the College of Southern Nevada, responds to election administrators being threatened and harassed, explaining that there have been periods in our history where this happened, but there were rules that you don’t hurt people without going to jail. She says we need to remember that and make sure our political officials and parties are reminding people that you have the right to assemble and to free speech, but that you don’t hurt or threaten people. - Tuesday, August 23, 2022.
"These agreements are about domestic production and ensuring our lithium ends up in the U.S. supply chain."
- Bernard Rowe, Ioneer USA Corp President, says one of the main focuses of the company is to place the lithium produced into the U.S. domestic supply chain. He explains they have an offtake agreement with Ford to provide lithium carbonate for electric vehicles to be manufactured domestically, and a similar agreement with Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, the joint venture company between Toyota and Panasonic. Roughly three-quarters — about 18,000 tons — of the product will be under bonding offtake agreements, he explains. - Friday, August 19, 2022.
"We did the most robust constituent engagement program the state’s ever done."
- Zach Conine, Nevada State Treasurer, says the governor and himself did 123 events over 82 days to ask Nevadans where they want to spend the state’s money and what their priorities are. He says those answers have come through in Governor Sisolak’s work since then, specifically highlighting affordable housing, childcare and bringing mental and physical health professionals to the state. - Thursday, August 18, 2022.
"As the industry as a whole, we have to figure out how to innovate."
- Aaron West, Chief Strategy Officer, NVO, says there are several things the construction industry needs to do better, including doing more with less labor and figuring out logistics and manufacturing. - Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
"You have to do what’s best for the citizens of the state of Nevada as a whole, and a lot of times, that’s not national politics."
- State Senator James Settlemeyer, District 17, says it’s important for voters to not only look at who they feel is the best candidate overall for a particular office, but also look at how that candidate performs within their own party. He explains that if the candidate is beholden to their party, it doesn’t matter what they say, it matters what they do. - Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
"It’s companies like BlackRock, like KKR, Vanguard, the largest private equity and investment firms in the world, who are saying we want to be net zero or essentially have a net zero impact onto what our organizations, and what we invest in, are doing."
- Adam Kramer, CEO, nZero discussing the potential multi trillion dollar business net zero carbon impact is, and how his firm is helping all kinds of companies and investors track that carbon impact. - Friday, August 12, 2022.
"I’m pretty upset with Kevin McCarthy. I think it was very self-serving on his part."
- Amy Tarkanian, Former Republican State Party Chair says that the Republican leader was whipping votes for himself, if he becomes speaker, by coming in through his PAC to drop a half million dollar TV buy against Danny Tarkanian, in the last two weeks of the Primary election cycle, to favor Congressman Mark Amodei - Thursday, August 11, 2022.
"I think he is a lot more concerned about having to stand in a room with me and having me ask him why his former partner (Eglet Prince law firm, now Eglet Adams) got a monopoly on the opioid litigation."
- Sigal Chattah, Republican candidate for Attorney General referring to Attorney General Aaron Ford saying that he refuses to debate her because, in his words, she wanted to see him hanging from a ****ing crane. - Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
"Talking about lithium without acknowledging that there’s a requirement for gold, silver, copper, silica, in order to support the green technology that we need, is like talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without acknowledging that you need bread for the peanut butter and jelly sandwich."
- Tyre Gray, President, Nevada Mining Association discussing critical minerals. - Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
"We want to ensure every Nevadan expresses their opinion and their fundamental right to vote."
- Cisco Aguilar, Candidate for Secretary of State, responds to the issue of election integrity, saying the more we talk about access, there’s a greater need that people understand the system. He says the narrative needs to change to say exactly how the system works and that the people’s engagement is important, because without participation, “we’re not going to be the state we want to be.” - Friday, August 5, 2022.
"We’ll be the official airline of the Wolf Pack for this coming year."
- Tim Sieber, Head - aha! Business Unit, says they’ll have a partnership with University of Reno, Nevada’s Wolf Pack. He says while the airline hasn’t been without challenges — noting rising fuel costs and effects of the pandemic — he says he thinks they made the right choice with coming to Reno-Tahoe. - Thursday, August 4, 2022.
"I think it’s an easy out by doing that instead of facing her."
- Mary Lau, President, CEO, Retail Association of Nevada, responds to Attorney General Aaron Ford’s statement on Nevada Newsmakers on not debating with Republican opponent Sigal Chattah after her comments that Ford “should be hanging from a (f*&king) crane.” She says that Chattah “is a very sharp lady” and “was pleased when they met her,” noting that Chattah’s comments were a mistake, and doesn’t translate into Nevada politics. - Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
"I'm not saying something that is a secret anymore. Beijing is in control."
- A.G. Burnett, Former Chairman, Nevada Gaming Control Board, says any increases in activity in the world's largest gaming hub will be dictated by the Chinese government, while noting a possible pent-up gambling itch with locked-out Macau patrons. He explains casinos in Macau, many owned by Nevada operators, will not bounce back as quickly from current covid restrictions and closures as Las Vegas resorts did after Gov. Steve Sisolak ended his March-to-June 2020 shutdown. - Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
"I think that ultimately this is a situation where the Republican party has to remind voters that the Democrats are the truly radical party on this issue."
- Rory McShane, CEO McShane LLC, discusses how the overturning of Roe v. Wade is changing the dynamics of this election cycle. - Friday, July 29, 2022.
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