KLAS: I-Team: Congresswoman Dina Titus pushes to end helicopter wild horse round-ups
Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus wants to put a stop to the use of helicopters in round-up horses and much more.
KLAS: I-Team: Congresswoman Dina Titus pushes to end helicopter wild horse round-ups
| Posted in In the News
Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus wants to put a stop to the use of helicopters in round-up horses and much more. KLAS: Bill introduced in Congress to provide free at-home COVID-19 tests
| Posted in In the News
Representatives from Nevada, Virginia, New York, and Hawaii have introduced the “Free At-Home Tests for All Act” which would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “purchase in bulk a sufficient quantity of rapid tests for SARS–CoV–2 to provide two such tests per week to every resident of the United States,” and to distribute those tests free of charge. Idaho Statesman (AP): US acknowledges shipping Idaho radioactive waste to Nevada
| Posted in In the News
In a statement Tuesday that followed a protest letter from U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada, the U.S. Department of Energy said 13,625 cubic meters of material has been sent from a former dump at the Idaho National Laboratory to the Nevada National Security Site. LVRJ: Titus raises alarm at shipment of nuclear materials to Nevada
| Posted in In the News
Nuclear waste cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory and the shipment and storage of the materials to other states prompted Rep. Dina Titus on Monday to demand specifics from the Department of Energy on the amount and risks to Las Vegas and the Nevada National Security Site. LVRJ: Yucca Mountain remains in debate over nuclear waste storage
| Posted in In the News
The Biden administration is opposed to Yucca Mountain and announced plans this month to send waste to places where state, local and tribal governments agree to accept it. That stance is shared by Nevada elected officials, tribal leaders and business and environmental groups. Nevada Current: Officials highlight infrastructure act’s water recycling provisions
| Posted in In the News
On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined Nevada Democratic Reps. Susie Lee and Dina Titus in Las Vegas to tout the Biden administration’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that includes more than $50 billion for water infrastructure programs. Globe Newswire: LVGEA named $1B Build Back Better Regional Challenge Finalist
| Posted in In the News
Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) has been named one of 60 finalists for Phase 1 of the American Rescue Plan’s $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge from the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA). LVRJ: Bill to require foreign-language airport signage passes House
| Posted in In the News
The House on Thursday approved legislation that requires airport signs to be printed in foreign languages, a measure designed to make international tourism easier for visitors. LVRJ: Biden gets highway bill as House OKs infrastructure
| Posted in In the News
House Democrats gave President Joe Biden a victory on his economic agenda Friday by passing a highway and infrastructure bill and advancing a companion social spending package on tax reform, education, health care and clean energy initiatives. LVRJ: Titus bill requiring multilingual signage at U.S. airports advances
| Posted in In the News
A bill that would require signs, websites and instructions at McCarran International and other U.S. airport be duplicated in foreign languages was passed by a House committee on Tuesday by a unanimous vote. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |