MGM Resorts International believes it has enough liquidity to weather the economic downturn due to the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting closure of the company’s casinos in Nevada and across the country, the company’s acting CEO said Friday.  “While this undoubtedly have a significant negative effect on our business in the near term, we are well-positioned to… Read more »

Near-constant phone calls. Zoom meetings. Internet town halls. Empty flights to Washington. A lot of handwashing.  This is the new normal for Nevada’s congressional delegation. The COVID-19 virus has upended work in the U.S. Congress, as it has in most other workplaces. Nevada lawmakers have shifted the focus of their work, and the way they are doing it.  “Oh my… Read more »

House Democrats, hours after President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency, passed a comprehensive package of legislation late Friday to fight the spread of the coronavirus across the country. All of Nevada’s representatives voted for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. “The coronavirus pandemic requires action from every level of government and… Read more »

More than 50 years after the last above-ground atomic bomb was detonated at the Nevada Test Site, lawmakers are trying to ensure that more Nevadans exposed to nuclear radiation receive compensation.  Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., introduced a bill Friday, the Downwinders Parity Act, that would expand the “affected area” as defined by the… Read more »

 Legislation to create a museum on the National Mall honoring the achievement of Hispanics has garnered 290 bipartisan co-sponsors in the House, a super majority that makes it likely the idea will get a vote. “Since long before the British arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, the Latino community has played a pivotal, foundation role in the building of our nation,” said Danny… Read more »

Nevada has joined a lawsuit petitioning the archivist of the United States to recognize the state’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and to officially declare the ERA as the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  Attorney General Aaron Ford joins Virginia and Illinois’ Democratic attorneys general in the complaint. The state officials argue that the… Read more »

The federal government does not know how much money foreign governments and entities have spent at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., according to testimony from Emily W. Murphy, head of the General Services Administration, which is in charge of leasing federal buildings. Murphy also said that she did not know if the Trump Organization is preparing to sell its lease to the… Read more »

House Democrats aggressively questioned a federal agency Tuesday about a potential sale of the Trump International Hotel and whether the president and his family could sell the lease to a foreign government, a potential violation of the Constitution. Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, declined to comment about the potential sale of the Trump Organization… Read more »

Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus was elected by colleagues Thursday to co-chair the Congressional Gaming Caucus for the remainder of the current session. Titus was elected unanimously by the 30-member caucus to fill the post left open by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who decided not to serve as chairman again. Nevada will have three members on the bipartisan caucus, including Titus, who… Read more »

President Donald Trump Thursday signaled his support may be wavering on building a national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain after years of including funding for the project in each of his budget recommendations. “Nevada, I hear you on Yucca Mountain and my Administration will RESPECT you!” the president wrote on Twitter. “Congress and previous… Read more »