Sandoval signs order to begin planning for state’s birthday
CARSON CITY -- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed an executive order to begin planning for the state's 150th birthday bash in 2014.
The order signed Wednesday appoints Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher Bob Brown and Northern Nevada consultant Neena Laxalt as co-chairman of the planning committee. Laxalt is the daughter of Paul Laxalt, a former Nevada governor and U.S. senator.
Sandoval also will appoint five other members.
The committee will recommend a timeline of events and activities, and apply for grants and sponsorships to help fund the celebration.
The executive order calls for the committee to submit a final report to the governor a year from now so it can be presented to the 2013 Legislature.
Nevada became a state on Oct. 31, 1864.
