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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.
WASHINGTON — Nevada lawmakers tried to create a new roadblock to transforming Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste repository on Thursday by introducing bills in the House and Senate that would require the government to study alternative uses of the site.
The Jobs, Not Waste Act is being spearheaded by Democrats Jacky Rosen in the Senate and Susie Lee in the House.
Members of Nevada's congressional delegation have continued to file legislation aimed at Yucca Mountain.
Sen. Jacky Rosen and Rep. Susie Lee, along with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Mark Amodei and Steven Horsford, introduced the Jobs, Not Waste Act, which would put a hold on any action on the Yucca Mountain site.
Members of Nevada's congressional delegation are attempting to ensure states have a voice in the construction of nuclear waste repositories.
Nevada lawmakers have introduced a bill in Congress that would stop any attempt to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Representative Dina Titus (D-NV), along with Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Representative Susie Lee (D-NV) introduced the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act in the United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON — Nevada lawmakers will fire the first shot Tuesday in the expected legislative battle over Yucca Mountain in the new Congress.
The state's representatives and senators said Monday they are filing bills in the House and Senate that would require states, local governments and tribes to consent to housing a nuclear waste repository before the federal government could build a storage facility.
House Democrats last week celebrated the passage of a resolution blocking President Donald Trump's emergency declaration and long-sought gun control bills that would require universal background checks for gun purchases as well as extend the time for the background checks to be completed.
But with opposition from Trump and the Senate GOP, the measures are unlikely to become law.