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 »

Aaron Luna works as a caseworker to help immigrants take steps needed to build a future in the U.S. The 24-year-old DREAMer is familiar with the stories of those he helps because he is one of them. Luna came to the U.S. with his parents from La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico, some 1,600 miles south of Las Vegas. He started out volunteering at the nonprofit Hermandad Mexicana Transnacional in… Read more »

Between 4,000 and 6,000 people hit the streets in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon for the Women's March on Washington, according to Metro police. Protestors marched half a mile from 9th Street to the Lloyd D George Federal Building in support of women's rights and justice equality.  "I think everyone needs to find the cause that is near to them and help solve a problem that is… Read more »

(BNA) -- The large campaign donations Rick Perry received from a nuclear waste storage facility in Texas raise concerns about “pay-for-play” politics should he be confirmed as Energy secretary, government watchdogs and environmentalists say. Questions about Perry's ties to Waste Control Specialists LLC, a nuclear waste storage company in West Texas that was licensed during… Read more »

A new era begins Friday with the inauguration of Donald Trump, while Nevada’s congressional delegation began work two weeks ago. With half of the state’s six seats changing hands — including the retirement of Sen. Harry Reid — as the executive branch switches parties, Nevadans will be represented by a group that includes the first Latina senator in United States… Read more »

With a new incoming administration, Nevada's Congressional Delegation is raising an issue with the possibility that Yucca Mountain development could resume.  It would be the country's first nuclear waste dump for spent fuel from nuclear power plants. However, there are efforts to keep the facility from opening. "We don't want nuclear waste in our backyards, period," said Annette… Read more »

Citing local opposition to the project, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz dismissed speculation Wednesday that a nuclear waste repository could open at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas. Speaking at the National Press Club, Moniz said congressional mandates in the 1980s that the Department of Energy develop Yucca Mountain as a storage site curbed research, development and the selection of… Read more »