Nevada will receive full reimbursement from the federal government for overtime costs through a Justice Department program that helps states and communities with extraordinary events, like the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
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The state of Nevada was urged to immediately apply for funds tucked into the $1.3 trillion spending bill for law enforcement costs incurred in the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting and subsequent investigation.
Citing the Las Vegas Strip shooting, a bipartisan group of Western states’ senators, including Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, filed a bill Thursday to ban bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles to nearly that of fully automatic weapons.
Three survivors from the Las Vegas Strip shooting appeared Wednesday at the first congressional hearing on “bump stocks” as a federal agency announced it would review legal classification of the devices following the tragedy in Nevada.
State officials are encouraging people who attended the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1 to apply for assistance from a state program for crime victims.
Tales of heroism and bravery during the chaos of the Las Vegas Strip shooting were told in startling detail on the Senate floor Wednesday as Nevada lawmakers paid tribute to victims of the nation’s deadliest gun violence attack.
A resolution memorializing victims of the Las Vegas shooting and the bravery of first responders at the Route 91 Harvest festival passed unanimously in the Senate Tuesday.
Many of those injured in the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip were from outside Nevada and now face recuperation in local hospitals with local doctors.
President Donald Trump announced the grant Wednesday in what would for anyone else be an unusual manner — via Twitter.
Southern Nevada hospitals and medical personnel were able to respond to the massive number of injuries from the Oct. 1 Las Vegas mass shooting and did not seek help from out-of-state, an official said Monday.
A group of Nevada Democrats said Thursday they will request a bill to ban bump stock devices, which speed the firing ability of a semi-automatic weapons.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday signed a Declaration of Emergency for Clark County following the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.