Designated for government protection less than a year ago, Gold Butte National Monument could shrink in size significantly at the recommendation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. In a report issued Tuesday, Zinke recommends downsizing the nearly 300,000-acre monument “to ensure that the monument reservation is limited to the smallest area compatible with the protection of the… Read more »

After the Supreme Court signaled Monday that it may open the $150 billion-a-year market for sports betting, Democrat Dina Titus, who backs lifting existing state restrictions, requested that Congress look at the issue. “Members of Congress need to be prepared should action at the Supreme Court open the door for sports betting in their home state or warrant federal… Read more »

Nevada will receive $5.7 million in unspent funds for federal health care for low-income children, but the state’s entire congressional delegation urged House and Senate leaders Friday to quickly reauthorize the program that expired two months ago. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified the state that it would receive the redistribution of unspent funds, which… Read more »

The Las Vegas Democrat has sponsored or signed onto bills and amendments that would protect state laws from Justice Department interference, allow marijuana businesses to use banks and let military veterans access medical cannabis recommendations through government doctors, among others. Those measures haven't advanced, however, because of roadblocks thrown up by Congressional Republican… Read more »

Congressional Democrats, including three from Nevada, have come out against a plan to more than double the entrance fees at some of the nation’s busiest and most iconic national parks. In a letter sent Wednesday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, 90 House members called on the Trump administration to work with Congress to fully fund the National Park Service rather than jack up fees… Read more »

Las Vegas massacre survivors Robert Gaafar, left, and Tia Christiansen, center, speak with Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., after a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday to call on House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte to hold a hearing and examine the use and legality of “bump stocks.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Nevada Democratic lawmakers gathered at the House Triangle… Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus is seeking tighter regulation of the bump stocks used by the Route 91 Harvest Festival gunman to give his weapon the firing speed of a machine gun. Titus along with three other members of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday that would close the bump stock loophole. Stephen Paddock had modified his guns with bump stocks, which use the guns’ kick to speed firing,… Read more »

Homeland Security Secretary-nominee Kirstjen Nielsen was urged Tuesday to restore funding for urban security grants to provide additional resources to Las Vegas in the wake of the mass shooting a month ago. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., urged the nominee in a letter to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for Urban Area Security Initiative grants, designed to help cities prevent and… Read more »

The White House is distancing itself from the indictment of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates, as well as a plea agreement involving a former Trump campaign official. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says most of the alleged activities for which Manafort and Gates have been indicted took place before the 2016 campaign. Sanders says the… Read more »

The federal government has awarded Nevada a $1 million grant to assist with the costs of responding to the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. President Donald Trump announced the grant in a tweet: “Happy to announce we are awarding $1M to Las Vegas — in order to help local law enforcement working OT to respond to last Sunday’s tragedy.” A gunman opened… Read more »