Democrats quickly denounced the Trump administration's expected move to withdraw from the Paris climate accord Wednesday, calling it a political decision with grave ramifications for the well-being of the planet. The decision, which will be announced this week, would put the US at odds with nearly every other nation on earth and will be a major break from international partners that… Read more »

The U.S. travel industry is expressing concern about the proposed elimination of funding for Brand USA in President Donald Trump’s budget plan. Brand USA, a tourism marketing organization, was created after President Barack Obama signed into law the Travel Promotion Act in 2010. Brand USA’s mission is to increase international visitation to the U.S. as a driver of the… Read more »

Two members of Nevada’s congressional delegation signed onto cannabis-related legislation this week in a push to legitimize the emerging marijuana industry at the federal level. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Dina Titus, both Democrats, co-sponsored bills that would remove federal restrictions that the marijuana industry says hamstring participants from operating as… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KSNV NEWS3LV) — The New York Times reports that now-fired FBI Director James Comey says the President asked him to end his investigation into his former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn. According to the paper, Comey outlined his claim in a memo which followed a February Oval Office meeting with the President the day after Flynn was forced out of his… Read more »

Nine Democratic lawmakers have asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why the agency is conducting taxpayer-funded experiments in which dogs are killed to study the effects of methamphetamine and antidepressants on their brains. In a letter to the department’s inspector general, Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada and eight Los Angeles-area lawmakers said details of the… Read more »

Several lawmakers questioned Tuesday whether to move air-traffic control from the Federal Aviation Administration to a private corporation, after recent airline debacles. The comments came at a House Transportation Committee hearing about customer service, after United Airlines dragged a passenger off a flight April 9 to make room for a crew member. Lawmakers also argued that occasional… Read more »

A broad spending bill to fund the federal government through September does not include money for licensing the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, Nevada lawmakers said Monday. A bipartisan agreement on the omnibus spending bill, which funds the government through the start of the next fiscal year, contains no money for Yucca Mountain, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said in a… Read more »

More than 200 people came to the UNLV campus Saturday to participate in the sister march for the national People’s Climate March. A throng of people chanted and held signs as they wrapped around the university’s student union building. Several local activist groups, including Chispa Nevada, the Human Rights Campaign, the Nevada Conservation League and the Sierra Club,… Read more »

President Donald Trump’s tax reform proposal calls for tax cuts across the board, but would also eliminate a deduction that could ding Silver State pocketbooks. The proposal would eliminate the state, local and sales tax deductions on federal tax forms. Taxpayers in Nevada, which does not have a state income tax, are allowed to deduct sales taxes when filing to the Internal… Read more »

Draft legislation to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project brought almost all of Nevada’s congressional delegation together Wednesday to express opposition in Washington, D.C. A group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives heard input on a draft of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, a measure that would help restart the project’s… Read more »