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Trump Teases Endorsement in Nevada US Senate Race

May 22, 2024 12:18 pmMay 22, 2024 12:49 pm

In an interview with reporter Josh Meny of 2 News Nevada, former President Donald Trump announced that he will endorse a candidate in the Nevada U.S. Senate race “over the next two to three days” and reaffirmed his opposition to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository project which has become...

Nevada Senators Propose Bill to Repurpose Yucca Mountain, Ban Nuclear Waste Storage

May 14, 2024 4:28 pmMay 15, 2024 10:58 am

This afternoon, Democratic Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced legislation to repeal the law that led to the designation of Yucca Mountain as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste, and examine job-creating benefits of other uses for Yucca Mountain, such as a data center, a command facility...

Assemblywoman Jauregui’s Employment With Progressive Consulting Firm Raises Ethical Concerns

May 9, 2024 2:47 pmMay 16, 2024 12:57 pm

Prior to President Biden’s last visit to Nevada, Governor Joe Lombardo announced that he was calling on President Biden to release public lands for affordable housing development. Moments later, Nevada Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui (AD-41) attacked Governor Lombardo on X (formerly Twitter), voiced her opposition to his calls...

Bipartisan Opposition Fails to Deliver, USPS Announces Move Of Reno Mail Processing To California

April 23, 2024 3:21 pmApril 24, 2024 12:50 pm

This article has been edited to include public comments from Senator Jacky Rosen Despite bipartisan opposition, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced they are transferring Reno’s outgoing mail processing to Sacramento, CA. The Reno processing center will reportedly be modernized as a Local Processing Center (LPC) and will undergo...

Brightline West Breaks Ground on HighSpeed Rail Between CA And NV

April 23, 2024 12:01 pm

On Earth day, a group of bipartisan officials attended a ground breaking ceremony for Brightline West, the first high speed rail system in the United States that will connect Southern California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada’s Democratic congressional delegation and Republican Governor Joe Lombardo welcomed Department of Transportation Secretary Pete...

Senator Rosen Votes Against Mayorkas Impeachment Trial

April 17, 2024 6:00 pmApril 17, 2024 6:20 pm

Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen voted against holding a Senate trial on the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The votes to dismiss both articles of impeachment and adjourn the trial were along party lines, 51-49. The Senate dismissed the two articles of impeachment, citing the Republican-led effort as “unconstitutional.”...

Cortez Masto Advisor Killed by Man Who Entered US Illegally

April 17, 2024 1:16 pmApril 18, 2024 2:09 pm

Elmer Rueda-Linares has been arrested in connection with the death of Kurt Englehart, a Senior Advisor to Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. Rueda-Linares entered the country illegally in March 2021 and is currently being detained in the Washoe County Jail on $100,000 bond. Mark Robison of the Reno Gazette Journal...