Sandoval working on national stage

By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal

If Gov. Brian Sandoval was not already busy enough with a state budget and myriad other duties, he will be now with his latest assignment.

Sandoval and New York state Sen. Carl Marcellino have been named to lead the Council of State Governments in 2015 as the national president and chairman.

They will be joined in the leadership team by Nebraska state Sen. Beau McCoy as chairman-elect and Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, as vice chairman.

Sandoval, who was re-elected to a second four-year term as governor in November, also was named in June last year as chairman of the Western Governors Association.

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