A bipartisan group of lawmakers offered a $1.5 trillion compromise Tuesday to provide coronavirus relief.
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Gary Martin is the Washington correspondent for the Review-Journal covering Congress. He previously served as political and government editor for the San Antonio Express-News. He has worked at newspapers in Texas and Arizona. Martin received a journalism degree from Colorado State University.
Las Vegas business leaders began a lobbying push to spur infrastructure projects, like Interstate 11, and other critical measures to lift the city out of the pandemic.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he would push for a vote as early as this week on a slimmed-down coronavirus stimulus bill.
A $35 million enhanced security system at the Nevada National Security Site has been completed at $1.7 million under budget and five months ahead of schedule.
Lawmakers and the White House remain at loggerheads over a coronavirus stimulus package, but they face critical deadlines to pass legislation.
Once a rarity, Democrats now consistently pick presidential, vice presidential nominees with experience in Congress’ upper chamber.
Self-made Las Vegas businessman Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, praised his friend, Donald Trump, on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
Democrats voted to provide an additional $25 billion to the Postal Service and reverse operational changes ordered by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday with a message of unity and hope for a nation battered by racial strife and a pandemic that has left death and economic insecurity.
Rosen told the Review-Journal she will hold virtual roundtable discussions and meetings with residents of the state’s 17 counties over a seven-day period, beginning Friday.
Democrats unveiled a distinctly new kind of convention keynote Tuesday to showcase the party’s future and its rising stars including Stacey Abrams of Georgia, Rep. Connor Lamb of Pennsylvania and Nevada’s first Latina state Sen. Yvanna Cancela.
The former federal prosecutor and Nevada attorney general went straight after Trump for his attempt to throw out the state’s new law allowing mail-in voting.
Gun safety advocates applauded the Democratic vice presidential pick of Sen. Kamala Harris, while gun rights groups said her plans would “dismantle Second Amendment rights.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to accept the party’s presidential nomination from his home in Delaware.
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.
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