Pro group m nevada. Closed captioning of nevada newsmakers is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. This is nevada newsmakers with host sam shad a no holdsbarred political forum. Now from the nevada newsmakers sam shad. And back on nevada newsmakers, we have a great guest as always, sean whaley is here, political reporter for the Las Vegas Review journal. You were one of the people when the whole ownership change came up with the paper that really, along with others of the paper, who i admire greatly, put your neck on the line in terms of telling the story and trying to get the word out about who actually owned the paper. Have things calmed down now that glenn cook has been appointed the interim editor . They have calmed down quite a bit sam and im happy to say that, because when i sort of teed off on twitter about the ownership issue, we didnt know who the owner was, and that was my big concern. That has since obviously been cleared up, tha
3 bill 3 we begin this morning with a developing story. We are learning more about a car crash that closed Fourth Street west of keystone avenue. Just before 11 last night. A reno fire battalion chief tells news 4 hat the car had crashed into a telephone pole at some point before it came to a stop. The woman driver had to be extricated from the car before being taken to renown. Where she is in critical condition. Reno police say their was major damage to the roadway. 3 it was a rollover type of accident. We do have several power lines, power poles, fencing, curbing, sidwalk, retainer walls along the south side of the road that have been damaged at one point. More than 500 customers were without power due to the crash. And they are working to get power restored to the area. The cause of the crash is under investigation. 3 samantha now to an update we brought you yesterday on news 4. We now know the identity of a man killed in an officer involved shooting near meadowood mall monday night
[applause] mr. President , mr. Speaker, mr. President , mr. Speaker, madam chief justice, distinguished justices of the court, honored officials, members of the Washington State legislature, tribal leaders, local government officials, members of the consular corps and my fellow washingtonians. Good afternoon. I want to begin today by thanking oso chaplain joel johnson; the members of the Marysville Pilchuck high school choir; my family members especially trudi; the 13 newest members of the legislature who have stepped up to serve this state; and the people and communities of washington that over the past 125 years have given us the great state we celebrate today. I also want to mention a member i also want to mention a member of our legislative family, the late representative roger freeman. He was proud to represent his community. But most of all, roger was proud to be a father to his two children and a devoted husband to his wife, sonya. Our thoughts are with them today. The new repre
Solid waste seasoned transport system, 21. 2 million for passinging lanes on highway 59 between douglas and gillett and casper and shoshone. Funding for the High Altitude Sports Performance training center, Unconventional Oil and gas reservoirs research, entrepreneurship initiative, Science Initiative, Literacy Program and athletic competitiveness. All at u. W. And subject to private matching funds. Heres the deal. We have one fouryear land grant university. In those areas that are important to wyoming, such as ag, science, engineering, we do not need to accept playing second fiddle to anyone. Private citizens are recognizing this. Private citizens have ever of wyoming of wyoming have been giving many millions of dollars out of their own pockets to u. W. And as with engineering, the Science Initiative has the ability to be transformational. Making u. W. A leader, making wyoming a leader. We want important academic programs at u. W. To be top tier. And the same is true with athletics. I
Recently we filed our brief in the 10th circuit in support of the states plan as it relates to nitrogen oxides. We have, as many of you know most frequently done battle with the e. P. A. The reason is simply, the e. P. A. Rulemaking under president Obamas Administration has been troubling at best. Wyoming is opposing power plant rules. The proposed rules for water of the u. S. As well as many other e. P. A. Actions. And we will to do so. Wyomings fight against federal Regulatory Overreach will not stop. Along with the attorney general, along with the support of this body, we must all continue fighting for wyoming. Looking back at the past four years, there are some other matter ill mention. Weve reduced the d. D. Waiting list. Weve undertaken job initiatives, including those for those with disabilities. We will continue our work in this area with the employmentfirst concept. At my direction, the d. F. S. Has apoinltsed a statewide homeless coordinator and will create a 10year plan to a