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Asian Journal: This Labor Day, honor workers not just with words, but with action

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LABOR Day is a time to celebrate the industriousness, talent, and perseverance of the American workforce. This year, we have seen these qualities on display more than ever. Our frontline workers have donned scrubs and saved lives. Some of them have put on gloves and bagged groceries. Others have equipped themselves with masks to deliver vital medications or turned on computers to teach…

KRQE (Albuquerque): US lawmakers back bill to boost ailing travel industry

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The pandemic has devastated the travel industry and lawmakers are trying to find ways to stop the downward spiral and restore jobs. More than half of all U.S. tourism jobs have been lost due to the pandemic, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Tori Emerson Barnes with the U.S. Travel Association said 15.8 million travel-industry jobs existed in 2019 but the industry has already…

KLAS: Welcome to Las Vegas Sign changed to purple and gold in celebration of 100 years of womens suffrage

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Clark County commissioners, U.S. Congresswoman Dina Titus, and women’s rights groups turned the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign purple and gold to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which secured American women’s constitutional right to vote. Wednesday, Aug. 26 is the 100th anniversary of the day the 19th Amendment was proclaimed…

KLAS: US Rep. Titus and Horsford join seniors, veterans in virtual conference, ask Trump Administration to stop attacking postal service

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Congresswoman Dina Titus and Congressman Steven Horsford hosted a virtual press conference Tuesday, August 18 with seniors, veterans, letter carriers, and small business owners to demand that the Trump Administration stop attacking the United States Postal Service. Rep. Horsford says he and Rep. Titus will vote on Saturday to “reverse postal service changes that have been made that…

Nevada Current: The government is maiming and killing cats and Titus wants it to stop

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The Veterans Administration is doing things to cats that would land an individual in jail, and you’re paying for it.   “As you know, a landmark National Academies report recently determined that most VA dog testing is unnecessary,” Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus writes in a letter to the VA, which was signed on to by 29 lawmakers, including seven military…

LV Sun: Tourist states, like Nevada, have made great sacrifices and deserve federal relief

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Las Vegas and other Nevada cities are doing the right thing for the nation and the world by imposing and enforcing precautions against the spread of COVID-19 in our resorts. In responding more aggressively to the pandemic than states like Arizona, Texas and Florida, we’ve sacrificed enormously in lost jobs and lost income. Now, the nation needs to recognize our sacrifice by…

LVRJ: Lawmakers urge federal funds to promote tourist hotspots like Vegas

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As the House and Senate move to jump-start negotiations on a coronavirus relief bill, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking congressional leaders to allow federal funds for grants to promote tourism in states and cities like Nevada and Las Vegas. Locations across the country have taken a disproportionate economic hit from the pandemic that constricted the tourism and hospitality…

Nevada Today: Titus, Horsford, and Lee Call for Renewed Unemployment Aid

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Last week, the $600 weekly unemployment income boost expired. On May 15, the House passed the HEROES Act to extend unemployment aid through the end of the year. Yet as of today, President Donald Trump is threatening some kind of unilateral action as Senate Republicans remain stuck in their own quagmire. Amidst this chaos, Reps. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas), Steven Horsford (D-North Las…