As federal unemployment benefits begin to run out and as states struggle to balance budgets amid the coronavirus, Democrats on Monday urged Republicans to pass additional relief.
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As the coronavirus ravages state budgets, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto plans to push for the Senate to take up a House bill to provide local governments with federal assistance.
House Democrats used the anniversary of George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis policeman to pass a sweeping law enforcement reform bill Thursday that would ban tactics such as chokeholds and make it easier to prosecute officers for misconduct.
Because of ridership reductions in the coronavirus era, Amtrak is reducing passenger rail service, including a line that runs between Salt Lake City and Reno and serves rural Nevada.
Democratic senators blocked a Republican police reform bill from advancing to a vote, while Democrats in the House prepared their own bill on the subject.
A group of prominent scientists urged Congress to halt renewed nuclear weapons testing in Nevada after funds were tucked into a Senate version of the defense bill.
Changing public attitudes about racial inequality could propel a legislative effort to designate Juneteenth, which recognizes the end of slavery, as a federal holiday.
The Small Business Administration has revised the rules governing the Paycheck Protection Program to allow those with certain criminal convictions in the recent past to participate.
Democrats in Congress have introduced bills that would deny funding to the Trump administration to resume nuclear weapons testing in Nevada ahead of an expiring arms reduction treaty.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he’s cancer-free and credits a California firm that has landed a contract to develop a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.
A day after burying George Floyd in Houston, his brother Philonise Floyd told Congress on Wednesday to implement police reforms, end the violence against black Americans and “stop the pain.”
Nevada lawmakers joined congressional Democrats in unveiling sweeping legislation to stem the use of excessive force by police against minorities.
Congressional Democrats plan to file legislation in the House and Senate aimed at ending police brutality and increasing accountability and transparency.
Thousands of protesters gathered Friday evening at a Las Vegas park for a Black Lives Matter rally and a candlelight vigil for George Floyd and other African Americans who have been victims of social injustice.
Despite the angry denunciations of brutal police tactics and racism that led to weekend riots, it may take time for Congress to react with legislation to curb the violence.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
Experts said there are significant safety hazards that in-flight turbulence poses to airline passengers and crews. Injuries have piled up over the years.
A coalition of residents and activists called on the Biden administration to issue heat protections for outdoor workers and declare climate change a national emergency.