Nevada Governor Forms Task Force to Develop Plans to Diversify Economy

Accomplishments only can be measured if the state acts to solve some of the problems that keep companies from locating their operations in Nevada — and those problems include an inferior education system and substandard delivery of social services.

Nevada lacks the kind of economic diversity found in other states that have better weathered the economic turmoil. With tourism down and new construction stalled, Nevada’s unemployment rate has climbed to 14 percent, highest in the nation.

It’s against that backdrop that Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki today will announce the formation of a task force assigned to tackle a long-elusive goal: bring new business and industry to Nevada to strengthen and diversify the state’s economy.

By Richard N. Velotta

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