Residents and members of Congress say former Nevada U.S. Sen. Francis G. Newlands was a racist, and his name should be stricken from a neighborhood landmark.
Gary Martin
Former Review-Journal Washington Bureau Reporter
The White House released information on how much each state will get for upgrading bridges in the recently passed infrastructure bill.
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, who led the Senate’s Democrats, was accorded a rare honor as his body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday.
Congresswoman Dina Titus demands to know precisely what is in a shipment of contaminated materials bound for Nevada.
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, both Nevada Democrats, introduced the resolution approved late Thursday, which was co-sponsored by the entire Senate.
President Biden on Thursday delivered what he declared was the “God’s truth” marking the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Donald Trump’s supporters that raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., was on the Senate floor, ready to speak, when she was rushed out of the chamber by Capitol Police as rioters broke in on Jan. 6, 2021.
On Tuesday, Harry Reid got bipartisan accolades in the chamber where he led the Senate’s Democrats.
The former Senate majority leader died Dec. 28 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
The former senator died Tuesday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the most powerful Nevadan ever elected to federal office and the longest-serving U.S. senator in state history, died Tuesday.
The states fear interim waste storage sites could become permanent, and say Yucca Mountain remains the country’s only designated repository.
Nevada’s senior senator says the bill contains many good things for Nevada, and supports continued efforts to pass it in the new year.
Senate Democrats scramble to keep deportation protections for millions of immigrants in the Build Back Better Act despite a ruling that the language did not adhere to budget rules.
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.