Roughly 300,000 Nevada residents remain eligible for the program, and Vice President Kamala Harris urged state officials to help accelerate enrollment.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra will meet with public health officials and Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday.
The public lands legislation also includes conservation, but environmental groups and Native American tribes are still opposed.
Federal officials are bracing for a possible influx of people headed to Nevada next month to storm Area 51, a classified area controlled by the Air Force.
In a complaint filed with the Federal Elections Commission, Nevada’s Democratic Party accuses Republican Dean Heller of failing to refund illegal 2012 contributions from employees of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
The listing of the minerals is part of a Trump administration effort to reduce foreign dependence on resources needed for consumer and military goods and streamline the application process to expedite domestic mining and production.