With Las Vegas still on the outside looking in when it comes to hosting college championship games, Nevada congressmen sent a letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert asking the organization to rethink its stance. Senators Dean Heller and Catherine Cortez Masto, as well as representatives Dina Titus, Mark E. Amodei, Ruben Kihuen and Jacky Rosen, signed the letter, saying the NCAA should… Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., came out swinging on the American Health Care Act this week on the House floor, zeroing in on a report from the congressional Joint Economic Committee showing that tax cuts in the legislation would save the wealthiest 0.1 percent of Americans $207,390 each in a single year. This GOP disastrous health care proposal is really just the largest transfer of wealth… Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus has taken President Trump to task for the Jan. 27 travel ban established by executive order, citing travel industry statistics that show a 17 percent decline in flight searches for travel to the United States. “Actions you consider necessary to protect the homeland are pushing away allies and sending a message to the world that the United States no longer welcomes… Read more »

The story begins almost 250 million years ago, with the ocean and geology and gypsum. It starts with the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area under an ancient sea, at a time when what is now Utah marked the continent’s coastal boundary. Movements in Earth’s crust eventually pushed the land up, and when water dried in pocketed lakebeds, it left salt and sometimes… Read more »

The House hearing intended to raise the curtain on President Trump’s call for infrastructure investment was into its third hour Wednesday when the time came for Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) to speak up. “We’re having the same conversation,” she said. “I keep hearing the same rhetoric without action.” She had a point. Congress, and particularly the House… Read more »

Several leaders and groups around Nevada have released statements regarding President Trump's nominee for Supreme Court. Rep. Dina Titus releases a statement on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Today Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s nomination of United States Appeals Court Judge Neil… Read more »

Rep. Dina Titus sent a letter  Monday to Attorney General Adam Laxalt, asking him to condemn President Trump’s “outrageous” executive order banning some refugees. The Nevada Democrat called the order a “de facto ban against religious minorities” and “a morally reprehensible order” in her missive to Laxalt, who is mulling a run for… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Two local Democratic congress members held a press conference Saturday afternoon in regards to President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order. Congresswoman Dina Titus noted in her comments that Las Vegas is an international destination that welcomes diversity. She said that this is not a partisan issue but rather a humanitarian issue. "These are not the people… Read more »

Two freshman lawmakers want to chip away at the “pink tax” in Nevada in the upcoming Legislature. Sen. Yvanna Cancela, D-Las Vegas, and Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, D-Las Vegas, each introduced legislation in their respective levels of the state Legislature that would cut the taxes on feminine hygiene products such as tampons and sanitary napkins. ADVERTISING inRead… Read more »

Members of the Clark County School Board reaffirmed a commitment to protect the privacy of the district's undocumented students Thursday night. Buoyed by public support from Nevada Rep. Dina Titus and well-known Dreamer and immigration activist Astrid Silva, the vote makes CCSD one of a handful of school districts that have passed similar resolutions, including Portland Public Schools… Read more »