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"Senator Rosen kind of really gave it to him on our behalf. And, that's really how we're all feeling. Nevada is not some outpost of Northern California. getting, our mail on time is just as important as it is anywhere else in the country.
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- State Senator Dallas Harris (D) District 11 irritated that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wants to route Northern Nevada mail through Sacramento. - Friday, June 28, 2024.
"It's anywhere from $400 for a single (ticket), all the way up to more than almost $6000."
- John Katsilometes, Daily Entertainment Columnist, LVRJ talking about the Eagles 12 concerts at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Where other shows are cutting prices, the Eagles are charging top dollar. - Thursday, June 27, 2024.
"Currently a lot of drug trafficking, child sexual assault and we have a rash of murders."
- Chief Judge Lynne Jones, Washoe County discussing the kind of cases on the docket in Washoe County currently. - Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
"That’s our Congresspeople standing up for the State."
- Greg Kidd, Independent Candidate for Congress, CD 2 says Nevada has good folks and good faith on a bunch of those issues (Lands Bills). He’s seen both Nevada Democrats and his Republican opponent work together, in some cases, for the good of the state. - Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
"Our project across the first two gigawatts, we’ll be the largest contiguous data center development in the United States."
- Grant Van Rooyen, CEO Tract, says the project could be one of the largest in the world, measured through those already operating in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center and Northern Nevada. He puts into context the scale of infrastructure and the educated workforce needed both for construction and operating workforce once the facilities are completed. - Friday, June 21, 2024.
"We’re very serious about continuing to invest not just in Northern Nevada but in Storey County in particular."
- Grant Van Rooyen, CEO Tract, says of the announcement that the company acquired an additional 8,590 acres at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. He says they’re “just getting started” in Storey County, later adding the opportunity for them to exercise their business plan in the region has “many, many decades of runway” and we’ll hear more from them as they “continue to expand in the region and in the greater Reno area.” - Thursday, June 20, 2024.
"We’ve made politics almost disgusting and people don’t even want to discuss it because it’s gotten so nasty."
- Mary Lau, President, CEO, Retail Association of Nevada, says politics has taken a “nasty turn.” She says long ago we never reported anything to humiliate the office of the presidency, now we don’t see anything to compliment the office. - Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
"Every candidate that he endorsed in the primaries for local office here in Nevada won."
- Ben Kieckhefer, BRK Nevada LLC, says Governor Joe Lombardo was successful in recruiting candidates, supporting them and helping them through the primaries. He adds they’re in a good position moving into November, and these wins are enough to expand the playing field to make sure Republicans are competitive to ensure balance in state government. - Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
"I believe it’s the greatest accomplishment that any of the grand casino folks have ever done."
- Bo Bernhard, VP Economic Development, UNLV, says of the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. He calls the property a “monumental achievement” that the Las Vegas-based company created something iconic and welcomed in a place that doesn’t let anything or anyone in. - Friday, June 14, 2024.
"I think whether it’s a poll for Biden or a poll that’s for Trump, you need to look at it skeptically right now."
- Annette Magnus, Founder, AM Solutions, says it’s too early to know where the electorate in Nevada stands, adding there are additional factors that need to play out with Trump’s court cases and Biden’s handling of the economy before we can look at polling. Warren Hardy, Principal, The Hardy Consulting Group, agrees, later explaining it will be difficult to read any polls this cycle because we have “two candidates that aren’t very popular with the public.” - Thursday, June 13, 2024.
"People are ready for a significant change."
- Michelle Romero, Mayor of Henderson, NV, says on the upcoming election cycle. She says former president Trump’s lead in Nevada could have a significant impact on the whole ticket. - Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
"I want to make sure that we as our Rebel community are humane and remember our humanity to one another."
- Keith Whitfield, President UNLV, says of the small protests on campus over the Middle Eastern conflict. He adds we should be civil to one another and promote healthy discussions, later explaining university faculty are turning this into an educational moment to help students fully understand the history of the situation. - Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
"That, to us, represented a new tax base."
- Ryann Juden, Former City Manager, North Las Vegas, says they surpassed their goal by an additional 40 million square feet of new concrete in the city, representing new businesses that could come into the area and could pay a “healthy amount of revenues in order to support city services.” He explains all of this as the approach they took to turn North Las Vegas around by growing a new tax base through attracting businesses to strategic areas. - Friday, June 7, 2024.
"There is a lot of growth going on in Northern Nevada right now."
- Doug Cannon, President and CEO, NV Energy, says the favorable business, tax, and electric environments are attracting big data centers to the area. He explains we need to double our electric load to 4,000 megawatts to accommodate the data centers’ demands, adding they’re working with regulators to ensure infrastructure can be built and assess exact electricity requirements needed by the centers. - Thursday, June 6, 2024.
"We kind of suspected quite some time ago that eventually there was going to be a closure."
- Rick Velotta, Tourism and Gaming Reporter, Las Vegas Review Journal, says of the recent news that the Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip will cease operations on July 17 for a multi-year renovation. - Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
"Average is a losing proposition."
- John Entsminger, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority, says this past average winter is “not fantastic news,” explaining we’re going to lose about 15 feet in Lake Mead’s elevation by the end of this year. He says we need “above average” winters or for everybody to use less water. - Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
