When American consumers shop for leather goods, it probably doesn’t enter their minds that their new belts, bags or shoes could be made not from cows or pigs but from cats and dogs. But not only is it a possibility, it’s hard for consumers to know what they have been sold.
Almost all that dog or cat leather comes from China. Now changes in Chinese culture, more pressure from… Read more »
As the eyes of the political world turn to Cleveland and Philadelphia over the next two weeks, Congress is taking a vacation.
That's despite inaction on a number of pieces of legislation, and issues, President Obama has asked the legislature to address.
Dina Titus, a Democrat who represents Nevada's first congressional district, isn't happy about that.
She has lambasted her colleagues… Read more »
Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Frankie Perez didn’t realize she soon would be transitioning to be a male until a deployment last year to the Horn of Africa.
“I started feeling awkward in the showers,” said Perez, who graduated from Cheyenne High School in 2005.
“I just couldn’t pinpoint it,” he said. “I was feeling something inside where I felt… Read more »
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Monday compared wait times at VA hosptial facilities to those at Disneyland, in remarks that are facing fierce backlash from veterans groups and members of Congress.
“When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line? Or what’s important? What’s important is, what’s your satisfaction with the… Read more »
Routine use of small drones by real estate agents, farmers, filmmakers and countless other commercial operators was cleared for takeoff by the Obama administration Tuesday, after years of struggling to write rules that would both protect public safety and free the benefits of a new technology.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced the creation of a new category of aviation rules… Read more »
Three months into a deployment in June 2012, Army Sgt. Kevin Jaye was on foot patrol in Afghanistan when he triggered the pressure plate of an improvised explosive device. The blast tore off his right leg and caused significant damage to his left leg and lower torso.
Jaye spent two years at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, enduring more than 30 surgeries and countless… Read more »
Southern Nevada’s business community is pushing to speed construction of Interstate 11 between Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce members and leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., this week. A group of more than 50 business people and officials visited with members of the Nevada congressional delegation and others about a range of issues, including getting… Read more »
Thank you for your interest in the presidential debate scheduled for Oct. 19 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus. I share your excitement for having one of the presidential debates take place in our congressional district. Read more »
Legislation approved by Congress on Wednesday extended Nevada’s designation as a federal test site for drone development, but failed to include many aviation-related priorities the delegation had hoped would benefit the state, due to a controversial effort to overhaul air-traffic control operations. The measures fell under legislation to fund the Federal Aviation Administration.
In… Read more »
Veterans Affairs officials aren't saying how 24,000 veterans were diagnosed with traumatic brain injury by VA physicians considered unqualified to make such a determination, but on Wednesday, told Congress the department is working to resolve related disability claims problems.
Some veterans diagnosed with TBI from 2007 to 2015 were denied disability benefits because they were examined… Read more »
