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Help Wanted: Women Needed For U.S. Chips Manufacturing Plan To Succeed
The Biden administration wants to add a million more women in construction jobs to aid in infrastructure projects across the country.

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The Biden administration wants to add a million more women in construction jobs to aid in infrastructure projects across the country.

Nevadans have until June 30 to claim their refunds, after which the remaining money will be placed in the State Highway Fund.
Las Vegas insurance executive Tom Burns was named director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED).
Ormat Technologies Inc. argues the agency’s analysis was based on outdated information and misinformed projections.
About two dozen residents spoke in opposition to the condos, while only a few spoke in support.
Gov. Joe Lombardo made a rare legislative appearance in front of the Assembly Education Committee to speak on Assembly Bill 330.
The state ranks last in the nation for mental health metrics like access to care and high prevalence of mental illness.
The constitutional amendment would provide the highest level of legal protections.
If lithium really is the mineral industry darling of tomorrow, we should think about how we’re going to tax it.
Legal experts think a ruling that even briefly or partially favors plaintiffs will likely have lasting consequences on U.S. abortion access.
Decades of overfishing, dam building, water diversion and other human actions have set the Lahontan cutthroat trout up a population decline.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness for women and children in America.
Hospitals in Nevada typically do not carry one of the most effective birth control options available.
If passed, the department would have until January 2024 to adopt a regulation.
A tedious regulatory apparatus is thwarting innovation by hi-tech gambling device manufacturers.
“It's unfortunate that extremists continue to support anti-competitive and anti-free market legislation at the expense of our retirees.”
Nevada, the self-professed regulatory ‘gold standard,’ is slow to enact tech advancements common in other states.
Avi Kwa Ame becomes NV’s fourth national monument.
It is, advocates say, one of the only options left in the states with criminal penalties for health care providers who perform the procedure
Assembly Bill 292 would make feminine hygiene products free of charge while seeking to expand the timeframe mothers spend with newborns.