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.
A long-stalled bill that aims to combat human trafficking passed the Senate on Wednesday with the fingerprints of several Nevada lawmakers.
Civil libertarians raised new concerns Friday over a bill sought by the Nevada Department of Corrections to make all agency records confidential following this week’s revelations that an inmate was shot and killed by a state prison guard four months ago.
The financial transactions of longtime Nevada GOP activist Tony Dane’s political action committee are part of the Las Vegas police investigation into allegations of attempted extortion against Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards, search warrant records obtained Tuesday show.
A growing prison population, reduced federal grants, aging facilities and inmate hospital care are taxing the Nevada Department of Corrections and will be the focus of budget discussions during the upcoming legislative session, prison officials said Tuesday.