Nevada’s secretary of state has referred complaints against Americans for Prosperity to the attorney general’s office for prosecution of alleged violations of state campaign finance laws. Americans for Prosperity is an issue advocacy group founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.
The Nevada Democratic Party filed a complaint with Secretary of State Ross Miller in August, arguing the group hadn’t registered or disclosed its finances. That complaint focused on mailers sent before the June primary targeting Democratic Assemblyman Kelvin Atkinson in his state Senate race.
Three other complaints have since been filed against the group. Americans for Prosperity has called the most recent complaint frivolous.
Meanwhile, state education officials say Nevada is being awarded a $21 million federal grant over seven years to continue an education program designed to help low-income and disadvantaged students prepare for college. The Gaining Early Awareness and Education for Undergraduate Programs, also known as GEAR UP, helps provide services at high-poverty middle and high schools to make students better prepared for college.
Nevada officials say 4,000 Nevada students have benefited from $30 million in federal GEAR UP grants received over the past 11 years. They say the renewal of the grant will help another 5,000 students over the next seven years.
And finally, Reno Mayor Bob Cashell is recuperating after undergoing scheduled heart surgery on Tuesday. A family spokesman says the 74-year old Cashell is resting comfortably at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center after surgery to replace a heart valve. He’s expected to remain hospitalized for several days, and then will recuperate at home.
Cashell is a former Nevada lieutenant governor and university regent. He was elected mayor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 and 2010.
His current term expires in 2014.
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