Sisolak to introduce pick for lieutenant governor

Gov. Steve Sisolak is expected to present Lisa Cano Burkhead arsenic his appointee to the vacant lieutenant governor’s station successful an announcement successful Las Vegas Thursday greeting followed by an day ceremonial astatine the authorities Capitol successful Carson City.

Cano Burkhead worked arsenic a teacher and main successful the Clark County schools for 25 years. She succeeds Kate Marshall, who stepped down successful September to articulation President Joe Biden’s medication successful the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

In an interrogation with the Review-Journal up of the authoritative announcement, she said she hoped to service arsenic an advocator for acquisition successful her caller relation and called the assignment “the top grant of my life.” She plans to tally for the spot successful 2022.

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