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 »

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s three Democratic House members have written a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders asking them to take action to provide for the removal of the statue of Patrick McCarran from the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. While he fought for workers’ rights and helped shape the country’s aviation industry, the former U.S. senator… Read more »

LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — A lecture hall at the College of Southern Nevada was uncharacteristically full for a Saturday as local activists gathered for a day sessions of the Battle Born Progress Progressive Summit. U.S. Rep. Dina Titus spoke during the session to raise awareness about how the GOP’s attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. She says it will harm… Read more »

A Nevada lawmaker said Thursday she is comforted by assurances from the Obama administration that personal information by undocumented immigrant minors to the federal government won’t be used against them later in deportation hearings. But she remains concerned whether an administration under President-elect Donald Trump will adhere to promises made by the previous administration… Read more »

The future of Gold Butte tipped toward the side of environmentalists today when President Barack Obama designated the desert land as a national monument, but protecting it could prove challenging. Gold Butte is northeast of Las Vegas, between Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon — Parashant National Monument. Environmental groups, Native American tribes and some… Read more »

CARSON CITY — Women made impressive gains in capturing public offices in Nevada this year, and now represent 40 percent of the 63-member state Legislature heading into the 2017 session. That ties Nevada with Colorado and Vermont as the states with the highest percentage of women legislators, according to Emerge Nevada, which encourages and trains Democratic women to run for… Read more »

In October 2016, FedSmith author Michael Wald wrote about a letter to lawmakers asking them to find a solution to the sharp expected increase in Medicare Part B premiums for some federal employees. (See Groups Urge Lawmakers to Combat Rising Medicare Part B Premiums) “In the letter, the organizations state that ‘According to the 2016 Medicare Trustees Report, Part B premiums… Read more »

Nevada Rep. Dina Titus has sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence and the presidential transition team asking it to carefully review the online gaming industry before reaching a conclusion on a letter opposing online gaming sent last month by 10 attorneys general. In a letter dated Dec. 6, Titus, D-Nev., said the letter signed by the 10 AGs, including Nevada’s Adam… Read more »

, Dec. 5, 2016 – Today, 106 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he take action to protect the names and private information of those who enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The letter, led by Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Judy Chu (CA-27), Zoe Lofgren (CA-29), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Luis Gutierrez… Read more »

A UNLV math teacher has threatened to call immigration agents on any student he finds to be undocumented. In posts on Facebook this week, he also said they were breaking the law and called them criminals. The comments on Facebook are attributed to part-time instructor George Buch in the Math Department. He did not respond to email messages or a message left for him with the Math… Read more »