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LVRJ: Nevada lawmakers take steps to block Yucca Mountain

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Titus said via telephone from Las Vegas that she is filing the bill in the House, where it has struggled in the past, but noted that this would be the first since Democrats took control. She also said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has always opposed Yucca Mountain.

LV Sun Guest Column: Nevadas wilderness is worth protecting

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Last week, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, along with Rep. Dina Titus, joined more than 100 co-sponsors in the House and the Senate to introduce the Antiquities Act of 2019, aimed at protecting national monuments from executive branch threats.

LV Sun Letter to Editor: Time to end cruelty to horses

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I write to thank Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., for her tremendous work against the horrific practice of soring Tennessee Walking Horses, a plague that has marred the equine world for more than 60 years. As reported by The Tennessean in Nashville, soring is “the practice of intentionally abusing Tennessee Walking Horses and related breeds to exaggerate their gait, causing the animals…

NV Independent: Sisolak seeks meeting with Trump on Yucca and secret plutonium shipment

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After pointedly skipping White House events last week with the National Governors Association, Gov. Steve Sisolak wants to meet with President Donald Trump to talk about efforts to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain and a secret plutonium shipment to the state. “As governor, I am committed to ensuring the safety of Nevada’s citizens and the protection of the…

Nevada Current: House dumps Trumps wall emergency, sends resolution to Senate

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“Co-sponsoring the resolution to put an end to the fake Trump emergency was an easy decision, and I urge the Senate to follow the House in pushing back against this grotesque abuse of power,” said Nevada Rep. Dina Titus, who was joined in supporting the resolution by her Nevada Democratic colleagues Steven Horsford and Susie Lee.