CARSON CITY – A bill allowing the state Treasurer to invest up to $50 million in education trust funds to support economic diversification efforts and generate more money for public schools was signed into law today by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Concerns had been expressed about the legality of Senate Bill 75 after it had been amended in the Senate, but Treasurer Kate Marshall said today the final version of the measure restored the original language.

RENO – For the three leading Republican candidates seeking the Congressional District 2 seat vacated with the appointment of Dean Heller to the U.S. Senate, it was all about qualifications and experience in a debate held here Wednesday.
State Republican Party Chairman Mark Amodei, a former state senator, state Sen. Greg Brower, appointed to fill the seat formerly held by retired Sen. Bill Raggio, and retired Navy commander Kirk Lippold, faced off ahead of a GOP meeting Saturday in Sparks that could determine which candidate will get the party nod.

Being billed as a place where parks, trails and open space meet, the recently completed Fulstone Wetlands project offers a .6-mile path around the site, through the wetlands observation area."We...

Tioga Road will open for the season on Saturday, June 18 at 8 a.m. for all vehicle traffic, Yosemite National Park officials announced Wednesday.

Tioga Road, which is accessed by Highway 395 at Lee Vining in Mono County, Calif. and is bound by both sides by State Highway 120, is the popular east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada.