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Forbes: Marijuana In Casinos? Not Until Federal Law Changes, Vegas Congresswoman Says

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The Las Vegas Democrat has sponsored or signed onto bills and amendments that would protect state laws from Justice Department interference, allow marijuana businesses to use banks and let military veterans access medical cannabis recommendations through government doctors, among others. Those measures haven't advanced, however, because of roadblocks thrown up by Congressional Republican…

LVRJ: House Democrats oppose raising entrance fee at national parks

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Congressional Democrats, including three from Nevada, have come out against a plan to more than double the entrance fees at some of the nation’s busiest and most iconic national parks. In a letter sent Wednesday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, 90 House members called on the Trump administration to work with Congress to fully fund the National Park Service rather than jack up fees…

Roll call: Las Vegas Massacre Survivors Join Nevada Lawmakers to Call for Action

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Las Vegas massacre survivors Robert Gaafar, left, and Tia Christiansen, center, speak with Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., after a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday to call on House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte to hold a hearing and examine the use and legality of “bump stocks.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Nevada Democratic lawmakers gathered at the House Triangle…

KNPR: Titus seeks new ways to combat bump stocks used by strip shooter

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Rep. Dina Titus is seeking tighter regulation of the bump stocks used by the Route 91 Harvest Festival gunman to give his weapon the firing speed of a machine gun. Titus along with three other members of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday that would close the bump stock loophole. Stephen Paddock had modified his guns with bump stocks, which use the guns’ kick to speed firing,…