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State Sen. Steven Horsford, Senate Dems Pass Green Jobs Initiative
Last week the Nevada Senate unanimously approved Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford’s Green Jobs Initiative, which will create job-training collaborations throughout Nevada to train workers and put them to work using federal stimulus money.
The
program will train at least 3,200 unemployed or underemployed workers to
weatherize and retrofit the homes of how incomes families as well as schools and
public buildings. These programs could create thousands of new jobs in the
private sector.
State Senators Steven Horsford and Maggie Carlton will also host a Nevada Speaks Community Conversation forum on Saturday at the Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center at 1625 West Carey Ave. in North Las Vegas to discuss education and the economy with their constituents. For more information on this Nevada Speaks event, click here.
Reid meets with grassroots volunteers, calls them foundation of party
Sen. Harry Reid spoke to volunteers and supporters at the first Democratic Organizing Convention in Clark County on Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of
grassroots organizing. Reid told the more than 350 Democrats who attended the event in Las Vegas that the same strong, grassroots networks that turned Nevada
blue in 2008 and helped elect Pres. Barack Obama would be the key to successes up and down the ballot in 2010.
Reid called grassroots activists the foundation of the party and thanked them for the opportunity to serve. He talked about the critical need to organize early to build
on the momentum of 2008 for Democratic victories in 2010.
We must reelect Sen. Reid so he can continue to be a tireless advocate for you in Washington, so he can continue to ensure legislation is passed that cleans up the
fiscal mess left behind by eight years of failed leadership by George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
