A House spending bill for the Department of Energy includes legislative language tucked into the draft by Rep. Dina Titus that would prevent the Trump administration from resuming nuclear weapons testing in Nevada, officials said Monday. Titus, D-Nev., filed a bill last month, with companion legislation introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., that would prevent a resumption of nuclear… Read more »

Changing public attitudes about racial inequality could propel a legislative effort to make Juneteenth — a day to recognize the end of slavery — a new federal holiday. Lawmakers are already taking extraordinary steps following the spate of recent incidents involving the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police. Ahead of Juneteenth, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,… Read more »

The Trump administration has revised the rules for those with criminal convictions to receive Paycheck Protection Program loans in order to expand participation in the program. Originally, anyone with a criminal conviction or who had been in a diversion program in the past five years could not participate. But at the urging of lawmakers led by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., the Small… Read more »

A high-stakes game of global saber rattling has prompted warnings from China and legislation filed by Democrats in the House and Senate to prohibit the Trump administration from resuming nuclear tests in Nevada ahead of an expiring arms reduction treaty. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., have filed companion bills in the House and Senate to prevent nuclear testing at… Read more »

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake that rattled Nevada last week has congressional lawmakers and state officials reiterating concerns about the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Last week's earthquake was the third within 150 miles of the Yucca site in the past two years. Seismicity could threaten not only the site itself, but… Read more »

COVID-19 has done what a terror attack and a great recession could not: shut our town down. So, how fast should it reopen? That's the first question I asked Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, the dean of our Washington delegation. “Well, I don't think you can put a date certain on when everything will be open up. I support the governor's decision. It was hard when he had to close down… Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, urged the Trump administration Monday to redirect unaccepted coronavirus aid money to other institutions in Nevada with large numbers of minority students seeking more financial assistance. The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last month included $14 billion in funds for higher… Read more »

As more stimulus funding from Washington flows into the U.S. economy, Nevada-based businesses shut out of the original program have another chance at receiving funding. The Paycheck Protection Program, a forgivable loan program that was part of the federal coronavirus aid package signed into law March 30, sent considerably less funding to Nevada businesses than to businesses in other… Read more »

Nevada and states with small businesses ineligible for paycheck protection loans because they receive revenue from gaming pushed again Wednesday for help in the next coronavirus relief bill under consideration by Congress. The $484 billion interim relief bill passed by the Senate — headed to the House and embraced by President Donald Trump — includes $310 billion for Small… Read more »

Nevada’s congressional delegation sent a shot across the bow of the Trump administration Friday with legislation in the House and Senate to make small casinos and other businesses with gaming revenue eligible for Small Business Administration loans. A last-minute rule change by the Treasury Department and the SBA to make more small businesses with gaming eligible for Paycheck… Read more »