MGM Resorts International believes it has enough liquidity to weather the economic downturn due to the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting closure of the company’s casinos in Nevada and across the country, the company’s acting CEO said Friday.  “While this undoubtedly have a significant negative effect on our business in the near term, we are well-positioned to… Read more »

Near-constant phone calls. Zoom meetings. Internet town halls. Empty flights to Washington. A lot of handwashing.  This is the new normal for Nevada’s congressional delegation. The COVID-19 virus has upended work in the U.S. Congress, as it has in most other workplaces. Nevada lawmakers have shifted the focus of their work, and the way they are doing it.  “Oh my… Read more »

April 21, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement after Congressional leaders announced an agreement on an interim emergency funding package. Read more »

April 17, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, the Co-Chair of the Congressional Gaming Caucus, introduced House legislation to help local businesses access loans and grants provided by the Small Business Administration. The Equal Access to COVID-19 Relief Act would ensure equal treatment of small gaming entities by the Treasury Department in administering relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and other federal relief efforts. Read more »

April 14, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement announcing that McCarran International Airport will receive $195,485,334 as a result of the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Read more »

March 27, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus released the following statement after the House passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Read more »

House Democrats, hours after President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency, passed a comprehensive package of legislation late Friday to fight the spread of the coronavirus across the country. All of Nevada’s representatives voted for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. “The coronavirus pandemic requires action from every level of government and… Read more »

More than 50 years after the last above-ground atomic bomb was detonated at the Nevada Test Site, lawmakers are trying to ensure that more Nevadans exposed to nuclear radiation receive compensation.  Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., introduced a bill Friday, the Downwinders Parity Act, that would expand the “affected area” as defined by the… Read more »

March 17, 2020
Today Representative Dina Titus released the following statement in response to the recent business closures announced by Governor Sisolak. Read more »

March 18, 2020
Today Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-1) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) led their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to House leadership urging the protection of travel and tourism industry jobs in any long-term Coronavirus recovery bill. Read more »