A bipartisan bill to repeal the “handle tax” on legal sports bets was filed in the House by the Congressional Gaming Caucus with members citing the pandemic’s economic impact as the reason to eliminate the tax.
Gary Martin
Former Review-Journal Washington Bureau Reporter
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said she is prepared to lead opposition to a nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration over her role in approving addictive painkillers that led to an opioid epidemic in Nevada and other states.
President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping $2.3 trillion jobs bill in Pittsburgh on Wednesday that includes $621 billion in spending on infrastructure projects that could include highway and high-speed rail proposals for Nevada.
An eviction moratorium expected to expire this week was extended Monday by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nevada senators have selected members of a commission that will vet candidates for nomination to two open judicials seats that have been vacant for so long, they have been declared judicial emergencies.
President Joe Biden gave his first news conference Thursday, a wide-ranging discussion of COVID-19 vaccines, immigration reform, the filibuster and gun control.
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., was appointed Wednesday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, which raises funds for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Xavier Becerra will make his first trip to Nevada as a Cabinet member to tour a health center and hold a roundtable with Gov. Steve Sisolak in Carson City on Tuesday.
The Biden administration and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto this week launched efforts to restore fair lending practices and affordable housing in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
House Democrats passed two immigration bills Thursday that would provide a pathway for citizenship for nearly three million farm workers and undocumented immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
Former Nevada lawyer and federal Judge Evan Wallach has announced he will take senior status from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
President Joe Biden spoke out again Wednesday about the national wave of violence and abuse directed at Asian Americans.
President Joe Biden launched a “help is here” campaign Monday with a speech highlighting the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will start with visits to Las Vegas and Georgia to sell the $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package.
President Joe Biden said there will be enough coronavirus vaccines to get every adult American vaccinated in time for Fourth of July barbecues this summer.
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