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"From a volume standpoint, it’s awful."
- Andrew MacKay, Exec. Dir., Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association, says the national seasonally adjusted annual rate for sales volume is significant — at about 20% — and explains the supply chain issues and microchip shortages are the primary causes which “kicked our industry in the teeth.” - Thursday, December 16, 2021.
"Nevada is unlike any other place in the U.S. and very few like it in the world where you have a complete supply chain from lithium all the way up through cathode and battery manufacturing and even recycling."
- Jon Evans, CEO Lithium Americas, comments on the uniqueness of mining opportunities in Nevada. The company’s Thacker Pass lithium mine in Humboldt County north of Winnemucca is the largest, most advanced lithium project in the United States. - Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
"Diversity is not about winning the lottery. Diversity is about expanding your concept of what kind of employee will work well in your business."
- Ann Morgan, Attorney and Chief Diversity Officer on Fennemore’s Diversity Council, explains that by expanding the recruitment pool to include law schools that have a large diverse population, you’re going to find a varied workforce in law. She says thinking broader creates a better product by having many different thoughts when problem solving for clients. - Tuesday, December 14, 2021.
"We’ve set up systems that quickly become antiquated, and we have work to do to modernize them."
- Heather Korbulic, Executive Director, Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, explains fractures in the healthcare system, specifically where technology and government meet, and the need to be proactive in order to support states and its people. - Friday, December 10, 2021.
"It’s a disaster for our kids. It’s a disaster for our communities."
- Former State Senator Patricia Farley responds to the chaotic updates coming out of the Clark County School District. She says it’s evident to every parent that the school board and the school district isn’t interested in teaching their children as much as they are continuing the drama of their own machine. - Thursday, December 9, 2021.
"Why lower prices when people are willing to pay for it?"
- - Randi Thompson Nevada State Director National Federation of Independent Business, says inflation isn’t going anywhere for at least a while. She says the federal government injecting money into the system, product demand, increased production and labor costs are all factors driving prices up. - Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
"I think this makes a lot of sense for my next opportunity for service."
- Alex Goff, Democratic National Committeeman, talks about his announcement on running for the Nevada Assembly in District 25. While redistricting affected which district he would run for, he says this is still his community and he’s ready to serve. - Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
"I think it’s time to be sensible about this and really represent the demographics, especially in our state."
- Assemblywoman Robin Titus (R) District #38, says that both Republicans and Democrats are running amok, and she would be willing to sign onto a bill that recognizes that there are more than two parties in this country. - Friday, December 3, 2021.
"A lot of folks assume the job of a mayor is a full-time job — which it is — but, in our rural cities, the pay is not there for it to be someone’s sole job."
- Daniel Corona, Mayor of West Wendover, talks about how he lost his casino job during covid, the struggle of navigating Nevada’s unemployment system and how food insecurity personally affected him. He now works for a nonprofit that runs the same local food bank he had to go to during the pandemic for the first time. - Thursday, December 2, 2021.
"One of the things that we are lacking here for businesses and for our schools, which we found through the pandemic, is that we didn’t have as much broadband as we need."
- Bob Lucey, Chair Washoe County Commission, shares his thoughts on where the money coming in from the infrastructure bill should be allocated in Nevada. He notes the biggest needs are to continue focusing on roads and installing fiber optic in more rural areas like Gerlach and the North Valleys. - Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
"I don’t think you can build a large enough coalition of pink man buns and Starbucks drinkers to win elections when you’ve lost the working class."
- Rory McShane, CEO McShane LLC, says unless the Democrats reverse course to recapture the working middle class, the party will face defeat in next year’s primary elections. - Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
"It’s striking."
- Ross Pfautz, Senior VP, Northern Nevada, Victory Logistics District, describes the progress on the industrial district being built in Fernley. He says Spec A — which will offer 815,000 square feet of cross-dock industrial space — is expected to be finished by the end of February 2022. - Friday, November 26, 2021.
"Education is the number one issue in Nevada right now."
- John Lee, Mayor of North Las Vegas, says there’s a serious problem with education, teachers and substitutes, and a superintendent is needed to help bring back teaching world class education in the Silver State. - Thursday, November 25, 2021.
"The way you do things is often just as important as whether or not you do them."
- Orrin Johnson, Attorney, comments on the Afghanistan withdrawal, calling it shameful. He says instead of an orderly withdrawal, it was chaotically done, and ended with the U.S. looking like we’re running away with our tail between our legs. - Wednesday, November 24, 2021.
"There’s something for everyone in there, whether you’re a farmer or an endangered fish species."
- Kyle Roerink, Executive Director, Great Basin Water Network, says the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — which contains $8 billion in funding to restore Western water systems — has something for everyone in the bill and is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, whether you agree with it or not. - Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
"There were students who stayed on the campus burning the records, so the Taliban couldn’t see who the students were and go after them and their families."
- Jill Derby, Former Democratic State Party Chair, references a New York TImes article recounting the harrowing experience of students at the American University in Kabul — who were considered infidels by the Taliban — finding refuge in the Iraqi city, Sulaimaniya. She was involved in helping over 100 students find refuge after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, through high-level connections and raising finances through her position with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. - Friday, November 19, 2021.
