Weapons-grade plutonium was sent to a federal facility north of Las Vegas from South Carolina in November, before the Silver State filed a federal lawsuit to stop the shipment of the bomb-making material, the general counsel for the National Nuclear Security Administration disclosed in a court filing Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., missed the Senate votes to end the government shutdown on Thursday because she is recovering from surgery after injuring her wrist during a Martin Luther King celebration in Las Vegas.
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada was treated by paramedics Monday morning after she tripped and hurt her wrist while greeting crowd members at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in downtown Las Vegas.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposals for more education funding drew support even from Republican lawmakers following his first state of the state address Wednesday, but that welcome from across the political aisle didn’t extend to the Democratic’s proposals for labor, housing and business.
Gov. Steve Sisolak proposed significant increases in funding for health care and education in Nevada, including a 3 percent pay raise for teachers, and expressed his desire to increase minimum wage in his first State of the State address to lawmakers Wednesday night.
Steve Sisolak was sworn in as Nevada’s 30th governor Monday on the steps of the state Capitol in Carson City under overcast skies and following a weekend of snow.
Much of his transition has centered on the slew of staff hires to join him in Carson City, overshadowing talk of his appointee to the commission, a powerful legislative force in Nevada.
