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Nevada State Treasurer

Nevada Retains High Credit Rating from All Three Major Rating Agencies

By Nevada News Bureau staff
CARSON CITY – Nevada State Treasurer Kate Marshall announced today that the state has maintained its high credit rating after discussions last month with each of the three major rating agencies.

Nevada State Treasurer, Opponent, Trade Jabs In Televised Debate

By Nevada News Bureau
Republican state treasurer candidate Steve Martin faced off against Democratic incumbent Kate Marshall in a debate Monday, with Martin continuing to criticize his opponent for failing to fully disclose details of a $50 million failed 2008 investment.

Nevada State Treasurer's Office Announces New College Savings Offering

Nevada News Bureau staff
CARSON CITY – Nevada parents along with their counterparts across the country will soon have a new option to save for their children’s college education.

Carson City Republican Women's Club Luncheon

Guest Speakers: Carson City Board of Supervisor Candidates Day Williams and John McKennan. Nevada State Treasurer Steve Martin.

GOP Treasurer Candidate Seeks Answers On Plan To Address Lost Interest Income From $50 Million Investment Loss

CARSON CITY – Nevada state Treasurer candidate Steve Martin is questioning the method Treasurer Kate Marshall is using to account for the loss of interest income from a failed $50 million investment with the now bankrupt Lehman Brothers.
Martin is also questioning whether Marshall has the authority to write off the interest loss to agencies and programs over a period of four and a half years.

Lt. Gov. Krolicki says Nevada Missed Out on Chance to Protect Tobacco Settlement Funds

CARSON CITY – Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki says it is now clear the Nevada Legislature should have “securitized� the money the state was scheduled to receive as part of a settlement with the tobacco companies a decade ago to protect it from the current reality of lower than expected annual payments.

Lawmakers Question State Treasurer’s Office Over Financial Health of Millennium Scholarship Fund

CARSON CITY – When the Legislature adjourned its special session to balance the budget on March 1, lawmakers went home believing they had ensured the financial viability of the Millennium Scholarship program through 2014.
But the program, hit by declining tobacco settlement revenues and the diversion of financial support to help fill a more than $800 million budget shortfall, remains in jeopardy.

GOP Consultant Calls State Treasurer Hypocrite for Radio Ads

CARSON CITY – A spokesman for Nevada State Treasurer Kate Marshall is rejecting any suggestion that her participation in radio ads to promote a children’s contest involving a college savings program is aimed at helping her re-election campaign.

But a campaign consultant for her GOP opponent called Marshall a hypocrite for engaging in the same practice she criticized her predecessor for doing, and for “pushing the envelope” by running ads after the close of filing for office.

Matching grant program to help Nevada families save for college

Nevada State Treasurer Kate Marshall and the Upromise College Fund 529 Plan’s Program Manager, Upromise Investments, announced Tuesday the launch of the Silver State Matching Grant Program.

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