Chamber In the News

Jan 29
by Paul Takahashi - Las Vegas Sun — This is another in a yearlong series of stories tracking Clark County School District’s efforts to turn around five failing schools.


12/13/2011
by Las Vegas Review-Journal — Javier Trujillo, an intergovernmental relations specialist for the city of Henderson, was installed as chairman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce Nevada Inc., during the organization's annual banquet Friday at Paris Las Vegas.


11/30/2011
by Paul Takahashi, Las Vegas Sun — The key to economic recovery is improving the quality of the education system, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told nearly 500 people at a town-hall meeting Tuesday morning in Las Vegas...


11/17/2011
by The Associated Press — Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval said he has helped set Nevada on the path toward recovery by directing his administration to focus on economic development, citing small growth in the state's mighty hospitality industry as a sign that Nevada's worst-in-the-nation economy is improving.


6/9/2011
by Steve Kanigher, Las Vegas Sun — A Washington think tank says Las Vegas is a major U.S. metropolitan area with an emerging immigrant population but one whose adults are mostly low skilled because they lack high school degrees.


5/29/2011
by Dorothy Huffey, Las Vegas Review Journal — The Senoras of Excellence and Senores of Distinction 2011 Awards Gala, a fundraiser for the Latin Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation Scholarship Fund, featured fine dining, libations and dancing May 7 in the Latour Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas.


4/28/2011
by Benjamin Spillman, Las Vegas Review Journal — The fight to control Nevada's political map until 2020 began Thursday in the state Legislature.


4/22/2011
by Calvert Collins, 8 News Now — Green is the color of the day. It's also the color of choice for a local Latino family who is debuting a new recycling facility in northeast Las Vegas.


4/4/2011
by Laura Emerson, Las Vegas Business Press — A series of community naturalization workshops are set to run in Las Vegas as part of the Ya Es Hora ¡Ciudadanía! campaign. The effort is geared to help legal permanent residents of Las Vegas apply for U.S. citizenship.


4/1/2011
by Sharie Harvin - 8 News Now — You have one last chance to weigh in on a decision that is only made every 10 years. Saturday, lawmakers hold their final hearing on redistricting before they re-draw electoral boundaries that reflect the latest census numbers.