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A Nevada congresswoman has introduced a bill that would increase the value of Pell Grants, a kind of financial aid offered to nearly half of all students in the Nevada System of Higher Education.

The Pell Grant Sustainability Act, a collaboration between Democrats Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois and Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada, would index the grants to inflation to account for rising annual costs.

At a Nevada State College event focused on minority students in higher education, Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott emphasized that a college education is still the key to opportunity.

But Scott, D-Va., said reforms are needed to restore a longstanding promise to young people that their education will be affordable.

"An entire generation of students is now questioning whether college is worth it," he said. "That is certainly a major step back."

This week on Politics Now with host Steve Sebelius: The Clark County Commission decides against creating a panel to look into child deaths where they previously had interactions with Child Protective Services; State Assemblyman and Nevada Democratic State Party Chairman William McCurdy II talks about his run for a County Commission seat and the 2020 election; Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee talks about gun control, impeachment and her own 2020 re-election campaign; CNN holds a 7-hour long climate change town hall event and some new endorsements in the Democratic presidential race.

On the day after Labor Day, congressional Nevada Democrats told union members and leadership they will keep pushing for labor-related bills to be brought up in the Senate, despite ongoing Republican animus toward bringing up many left-leaning issues in Congress' upper chamber.

Toward the end of the 2018 spring semester, Robert Armour learned that his colon cancer had metastasized to his liver and advanced to stage four. The doctoral student at Argosy University's Schaumburg campus in Illinois took a leave of absence from his psychology program to undergo treatment.

Nevada's public lands provide a litany of opportunities for outdoor recreation, habitat for wildlife and simple beauty. People come from around the world and across the country to experience these majestic sites. In every corner of the state, Nevadans and visitors spend time outside with family and friends — hiking, camping, hunting, fishing and enjoying the great outdoors.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man responsible for a deadly mass shooting in the Bay Area last weekend bought his gun in Nevada, according to law enforcement authorities. A total of three people were killed, and 12 others were injured in the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.

Police said the suspect legally purchased his gun in the state of Nevada. California Governor Gavin Newsom was quick to point out less restrictive gun laws in neighboring states after the Gilroy shooting; even calling for federal regulation. Now, there are changes in store for Nevada's gun law.

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning bigotry and anti-Semitism, a measure seen as an indirect rebuke of statements about Israel made by Rep. Ilhan Omar that fractured the Democratic caucus and set off a furor that party leaders have struggled to contain.

The resolution was initially crafted to address statements by Omar, D-Minn., a freshman Muslim lawmaker who last week infuriated Jewish Democrats by saying pro-Israel advocates in Congress were giving their allegiance to a foreign country.