The bipartisan bill passed 88-11 includes funding for weapons, housing and programs at Nevada installations, as well as a 2.7 percent pay hike for members of the military.
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Clark County District Judge Cristina Silva and UNLV law professor Anne Traum both answered questions at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Nevada is expected to get $4 billion to fund infrastructure projects in the legislation.
Participation in outdoor recreation increased during the pandemic, but trip cancellations and travel restrictions resulted in job losses in some sectors of the industry in Nevada and other states, officials told a Senate subcommittee on tourism Tuesday.
President Joe Biden launched a “help is here” campaign Monday with a speech highlighting the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed past Democratic objections Thursday and cleared the way for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to receive a confirmation vote before the presidential election.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers offered a $1.5 trillion compromise Tuesday to provide coronavirus relief.
The Democrat-led House of Representatives passed a $3T coronavirus relief bill on Friday, although Republicans in the Senate and President Trump have said they oppose the measure as too expensive.
States and cities continued to clamor for more coronavirus relief aid and congressional Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate Wednesday over the next batch of coronavirus funding.
Nevada airports will receive $231 million from an aid package passed by Congress to battle the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, transportation officials announced.