The Shohei Ohtani gambling controversy is the latest in a recent spate of incidents involving professional or college sports leagues and wagering. Perhaps this was inevitable given the rapid legalization of sports betting in most states and its subsequent embrace by leagues and organizations that had previously treated gambling as kryptonite. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada continued her advocacy for wild horses and burros by penning a letter to the director of the Bureau of Land Management urging the agency to reconsider the scale of its roundups this year. Read more »

The repeal of a small federal excise tax on sports wagers has been a goal of Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) for nearly a decade. Read more »

Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus has been working on a proposed high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California for some 25 years. That’s long enough for something that once seemed like a futuristic dream project to be mostly forgotten by skeptical local residents. Read more »

Thousands of veterans who say they were sickened by radiation exposure during their military service have been denied federal benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs said, as cancer and old age whittle the remaining number of survivors. When the PACT Act was signed last August, expanding benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances, more than 8,000 people who helped… Read more »

Nearly a dozen wild horses died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada, and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is calling the deaths tragic proof of the need to outlaw the use of helicopters to capture the animals on federal land. The 11 deaths include five young foals, four horses with broken necks and a stallion with a snapped rear leg that was chased by a helicopter and… Read more »

By David Purdum, ESPN A recent uptick in gambling-related controversies in professional and amateur sports has caught the attention of Congress. Sports leagues, including the NFL and NCAA, are now facing questions on how they will navigate the new betting landscape in the U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) issued letters to commissioners and presidents of 12 professional leagues and the… Read more »

By David Charns, 8 News Now Democratic Nevada Rep. Dina Titus cited the 8 News Now Investigators’ reporting while pressing the president of a railroad trade group about safety on trains going through Las Vegas. An 8 News Now Investigators’ report found neither the Federal Railroad Administration, nor any government agency, could say what specific hazardous materials the trains, some… Read more »

By Casey Harrison, Las Vegas Sun U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is urging Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for more transparency in how the department he oversees handles complaints from airline passengers with disabilities amid a rise in such feedback in recent years. A letter sent to Buttigieg highlighted concerns with how the Transportation Department enforces the Air… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined members of Nevada’s congressional delegation and tribal leaders on Friday to celebrate Avi Kwa Ame, the state’s newly designated national monument, saying the recognition of the desert mountain heralds a “new era” of environmental conservation in which the federal government and tribal nations will work together to maintain… Read more »