Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the nation’s nuclear waste repository have long received opposition from both sides of the aisle. But, is that changing?
Nevada
Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and other Nevada officials wrote a letter opposing the plan, which they fear could impact elections and the local economy.
Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford joined 13 other House Democrats in urging President Biden to take executive action on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Those seeking unemployment insurance benefits should watch out for illegitimate websites, according to a release from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
The Senate is poised to take up an emergency relief bill Thursday that adds $250 billion in loans for small businesses that the Trump administration seeks.
Nevada officials are concerned money in the $2.2 trillion relief bill could leave out Las Vegas employer- and union-sponsored clinics, where 150,000 Las Vegans get their health care.
Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday approved more than $8 million in funds to help the state handle medical and economic threats posed by the new coronavirus.
Nevada’s public universities and colleges are easing grading and financial requirements because of systemwide school closures over COVID-19.
The report by the Southern Nevada Health District came the morning after the state recorded a dozen new deaths, a number that likely included most of the county cases.
The Pentagon said all individuals on military installations are required to wear the masks or face coverings if they can’t maintain at least 6 feet of social distancing.
Since Nevada reported its first cases of COVID-19 on March 5, a series of emergency measures has brought the economy to a near halt and transformed life in the Silver State.
The declaration allows the state to “unlock additional federal assistance programs for Nevadans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sisolak said in a statement posted Saturday on Twitter.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is chipping away at its unemployment insurance trust fund balance.
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