GOP Assemblyman Pat Hickey resigns, joins state school board

Republican Assemblyman Pat Hickey has resigned his legislative seat and joined the Nevada Board of Education. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Tuesday that he appointed Hickey to replace Carson City’s Dave Cook, who died of an illness in October. Cook had represented Northern Nevada on the board, which governs K-12 education. Hickey has served four terms in the Nevada Legislature. He was a member of a task force that worked on revamping Nevada’s antiquated funding formula, and chaired a