Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., on Thursday introduced new legislation aimed at strengthening federal regulation of transporting lithium-ion batteries in the wake of a truck crash and subsequent fire that shut down Interstate 15 near Barstow. Read more »

Clark County has one of the highest evictions rates in the country, according to Princeton’s Eviction Lab. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., who represents Nevada’s 1st District which includes urban areas south of Las Vegas, Henderson and Boulder City, said high eviction rates take a heavy toll on any local community in a number of ways. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., has lived through many Southern Nevada summers, when the struggle of dealing with the extreme heat is so severe that residents are dropping dead at an alarming rate.   Clark County this week announced that so far this summer the total number of deaths in which heat was a factor stood at 63. And there’s been plenty of heat to go around in Las… Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a senior Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2024. The biannual bill reauthorizes programs that protect our country’s ports, inland water networks, and flood control programs. “Today the House passed a bipartisan… Read more »

A 20-acre affordable housing community could be coming to the southwest valley on the north side of Cactus Avenue between Buffalo Drive and Rainbow Boulevard. The Southern Nevada District Office of the Bureau of Land Management announced it is seeking public input via a “notice of realty action” that is now open until Aug. 30 regarding a Clark County Department of Social Services… Read more »

Congresswoman Dina Titus today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of initiatives to create more affordable housing in Southern Nevada. “This is a critical step toward addressing the affordable housing crisis in Southern Nevada. Many in Nevada have been priced out of the housing market. Today’s announcement of $50 million in grant funding for the… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, and Congressman Greg Stanton (AZ-04) introduced the Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act to empower the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to better address… Read more »

As extreme heat ravages communities across the country, the Federal Emergency Management Agency may soon take a more active role in responding, thanks to a bill introduced Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., are sponsoring the Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act, with the support of Nevada-based research… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, announced she has filed a discharge petition to initiate the process of forcing a vote on her Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act. “After my futile attempts urging Republican leadership to bring this legislation for a vote, this petition is the necessary next step to… Read more »

In a letter dated Tuesday, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Reps. Dina Titus, Steven Horsford and Susie Lee, D-Nev., urged the U.S. Department of Interior to issue a “mineral withdrawal” around the Ash Meadows National Refuge. Read more »