A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.
Nevada
The Las Vegas Review-Journal owner and majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp. will be a major backer of the Preserve America super PAC.
Nevada’s 13,000 home care workers could see big increases to minimum wage and reimbursement rates under legislative proposals presented.
Nevada officials, including Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sen. Jacky Rosen, have urged the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider plans to move the mail center to California.
The ACLU of Nevada said seven jails, including several in the Las Vegas Valley, are now complying with a law requiring a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Lawmakers passed scores of bills early in the week, but there also were casualties. Here’s a quick rundown.
State task force on pot and County Commission are both scheduled to hear proposals for possible home delivery of cannabis products.
Legislation co-sponsored by Nevada’s Republican senator would give states almost unchecked control over how — or whether — certain animals and plants are protected.
Backers of Nevada’s newest national monuments are bracing for a push by President Donald Trump to roll back those designations.
A bill that would remove the state law requiring peace officer constables in urban areas could directly benefit North Las Vegas Constable Robert Eliason.
After several setbacks in court, a Virginia-based energy developer has pulled the plug on a proposed wind farm near Searchlight.
Nevada lawmakers will testify before a House hearing this week in opposition of revising Yucca Mountain as a permanent nuclear waste site, the Energy and Commerce Committee announced Monday.
“The internet has become a necessity in today’s society, and no Nevadan should be without access, regardless of where they live,” U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said during a speech to the joint session of the Nevada Legislature Thursday night.
“Screw Nevada Two.” That’s how Nevada’s chief critic of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project views legislation that will be discussed next week in a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee titled the “Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017.”
Many in crowd criticize two Republican members of Nevada’s congressional delegation over recent federal action on health care, abortion rights and environmental protection.