WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt today announced the annual economic benefit of national parks to the U.S. and local economies. In 2019, visitor spending in communities near national parks resulted in a $41.7 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 340,500 jobs. “Safely increasing access to national parks …
Today, Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee agreed to allocate more than $96 million in federal grant funding to implement a comprehensive community-based testing, laboratory analysis, and contact tracing plan to manage and limit the spread of COVID-19 in the state. “As Nevada’s economy reopens, it is critical that we test, analyze, and trace COVID-19 to …
Carson City, NV — Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has signed emergency directive 017 temporarily providing economic relief to Nevadans by freezing some garnishment actions, as well as executions of judgments against bank accounts, including Nevadans receiving funds from the CARES Act. “During this period of economic uncertainty and hardship, this is not the time to …
Carson City, NV – Amid the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford sent a letter to the nation’s three Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) that he “will not hesitate to enforce safeguards set in place to ensure consumers’ credit is properly protected and their credit reports are fairly and accurately reported.” AG Ford …
Carson City, NV — As an extension of Governor Steve Sisolak’s Declaration of Emergency for COVID-19, issued on March 12, 2020, the Nevada Health Response team issued Directive 016, with guidelines for businesses about conducting business with curbside sales. These safety measures are designed to permit our essential and non-essential retailers of all sizes to …
