Mark Amodei Archives - Nevada Globe

The Omnibus Crashes Under Its Own Weight And Public Outrage

December 19, 2024 4:40 pmDecember 20, 2024 11:49 am

Over the last 24 hours, with thanks to Elon Musk, Vivek Ramiswamy, the power of artificial intelligence and free speech, an Omnibus bill masquerading as a Continuing Resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown has been reduced from a $110 billion pork-filled 1,547 page bill to ~118 pages (see below)....

Congressman Amodei Assigned to Serve on Natural Resources Committee

December 17, 2024 3:03 pm

Rep. Mark Amodei has announced that he has been assigned to serve in the Natural Resources Committee and will continue serving as the Vice Chair on the Appropriations Interior Subcommittee. The House Committee on Natural Resources considers legislation about American energy production, mineral lands and mining, fisheries and wildlife, public...

Bipartisan Effort Stops USPS transfer of Reno Mail Processing Facility to Sacramento

August 27, 2024 4:36 pmSeptember 4, 2024 1:33 pm

Back in February, Congressional representatives Mark Amodei, Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez-Masto sent a letter of opposition to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy highlighting their concerns over USPS’s proposed transfer of the Reno mail processing center to Sacramento, CA. In their letter, the bipartisan delegation stressed “the potential impact of such...

Washoe County DA Files Lawsuit Against USPS

May 29, 2024 9:50 pmMay 30, 2024 2:53 pm

After receiving authorization from the Washoe County Board of Commissioners yesterday, and on the bipartisan heels of Sen. Jacky Rosen (D) and Governor Joe Lombardo’s (R) press conference in front of the United States Postal Service’s processing and distribution center in Reno, Nevada, the Washoe County District Attorney’s office has...

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...

On The Record With Dr Fred Simon, GOP Challenger to Congressman Mark Amodei

March 29, 2024 5:25 pmApril 4, 2024 2:52 pm

This interview has been edited and condensed. Dr. Fred Simon recently filed to challenge incumbent Republican Mark Amodei in the deep-red second congressional district in Northern Nevada which covers a third of the state and includes most of Lyon County, all of Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, Storey,...

SOS Aguilar Opposes USPS Transferring Reno Mail-Processing To Sacramento

March 5, 2024 10:29 amMarch 5, 2024 2:44 pm

After this weekend’s blizzard which shut down I-80 at the California-Nevada border, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has finally issued a statement condemning USPS’s planned transfer of mail sorting operations from Reno to Sacramento and asks for the USPS to “come to their senses.” “I can’t fathom how I...