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"Pressure seems to be the ingredient that makes it soup."
- William Horne, Former Assembly Majority Leader, Strategies 360 giving a culinary analogy on how the centrist and Progressive sides of the Democratic party will come together to pass President Biden’s agenda. - Thursday, October 7, 2021.
"Nevada is one of 33 states in which it costs more to provide childcare for your infant than it does to send a child to a four-year public university."
- Congresswoman Susie Lee CD 3 says that that the American Rescue Plan will provide more than $361 million for Nevada childcare providers to open safely, keep workers on the payroll, and lower costs for families. - Wednesday, October 6, 2021.
"It has been the law of the land since the 1970s and we are going to fight to do everything we can to keep it that way."
- US Senator Jacky Rosen regarding abortion rights. - Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
"Unfortunately, in Congress, we had more people casting aspersions against this president even though the policy to end the war in Afghanistan and to even negotiate with the Taliban was started by the previous administration."
- Congressman Steven Horsford CD 4 says that his office continues to work with the State Department and the Defense Department to help our Afghans allies and partners. - Friday, October 1, 2021.
"You need to fill those beds during the week and not just on the weekend."
- Congresswoman Dina Titus CD 1 hoping for the return of the business traveler to Las Vegas. - Thursday, September 30, 2021.
"I've been working here to try to fix it, but we need bipartisan support. We've got to stop playing politics with it."
- US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto discussing the need for immigration reform. She lays the blame at the feet of both parties. - Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
"I will tell you this: I am not taken with the field so far."
- Congressman Mark Amodei CD 2 discussing the Republican Primary for Nevada Governor. - Tuesday, September 28, 2021.
"It’s really three words: pent up demand."
- Lori Nelson-Kraft, Senior Vice President of Communications & Public Affairs, Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Center, says Las Vegas has seen an uptick in visitation starting in March and at least a 10% increase each month. She says that despite fluctuating coronavirus numbers, the precautions taken in Nevada have dramatically helped to ensure visitors feel safe and welcome. - Friday, September 17, 2021.
"I was burning from my knees basically to the top of my head, and left me scarred physically on the outside, but I still have a strong heart and a strong drive."
- Army Captain Sam Brown, Afghanistan Veteran and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, talks about how his platoon was attacked on a mission to move turbines to a dam on the Helmand River in Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and four were wounded after the convoy was ambushed. - Thursday, September 16, 2021.
"We have to change. Every day we’re responding on more and more calls, and the idea that we’re just going to add more ambulances is inefficient, and is not really fiscally responsible."
- Adam Heinz, Executive Director of Integrated Health for REMSA Health, says they are reinventing the 911 response model to also include mobile integrated health services to the community. - Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
"We like to kind of break it down to simple economics."
- Beau Keenan, CEO of Dickson Realty, explains what’s happening in the housing market is an equation of inventory and demand translating to overall sales. Currently, he says, there is more standing inventory coming back to the market, leading to a little bit of reprieve from the shortage that was seen before. - Tuesday, September 14, 2021.
"It was a way where I could love what I did."
- Ray Hagar, Reporter, Nevada Newsmakers, talks about how his love for sports jump started his career as a sports writer and led to a lifetime dedication to journalism. Ray was recently inducted into the Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame after over 50 years in the field. - Friday, September 10, 2021.
"What I love about our paper is we really want it to be a community paper."
- Rachel Dahl, President/Publisher, The Fallon Post, says everything they do at the paper is to get people involved and participating in their local community. - Thursday, September 9, 2021.
"The infrastructure bill is providing good money to Nevada."
- Randi Thompson, Nevada State Director, National Federation of Independent Business, says the beauty of the bill is that individual states can determine which projects to use the money on, noting that the Silver State needs infrastructure. - Wednesday, September 8, 2021.
"It’s important to make sure that we are reaching people where they are, and really having those more detailed, more personalized conversations."
- Nnedi Stephens, 2nd VP, Young Democrats of America, explains that as young Democrats are looking to have conversations on issues that matter most to them — topics like environmental justice, climate change, social and racial justice — it’s important to convey the messaging well and have conversations with people who might not necessarily have that background or who may come from a different perspective. - Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
"Southern Nevada has to systemically begin to use less water, and in so doing, prepare themselves for the inevitable shortage declaration that will come."
- Pat Mulroy, Senior Fellow at Brookings Mountain West, explains the aggressive conservation campaign started in 2005 in Southern Nevada to reduce its water demand. She said the drought has been ravaging the Colorado River for two decades and is dramatically affecting reservoirs, including Mead, and creating a serious situation. - Friday, September 3, 2021.
