The National Governors Association sent a blunt message to Congress on Saturday that they will need $500 billion to cover budget shortfalls from preparing and treating patients with the coronavirus — including those in Nevada.
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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.
Frustrated with the uneven federal response to the coronavirus outbreak, Nevada lawmakers stepped up their complaints Friday for relief funds and medical supplies to rural hospitals battling the disease.
A bill to add $250 billion to a paycheck protection program of loans to small businesses stalled in the Senate as Democrats sought more funds for hospitals, states and cities.
The Senate is poised to take up an emergency relief bill Thursday that adds $250 billion in loans for small businesses that the Trump administration seeks.
Nevada officials are concerned money in the $2.2 trillion relief bill could leave out Las Vegas employer- and union-sponsored clinics, where 150,000 Las Vegans get their health care.
Environmental groups say the Interior Department is using chaos created by the coronavirus outbreak to push through critical decisions on threatened species without public input, a charge dismissed by the Trump administration.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Trump administration to provide additional help for rural hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic.
Nevada lawmakers have helped Americans stranded abroad due to coronavirus return home, including the daughter of former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider.
A survey of the nation’s mayors — including several in Nevada — found 90 percent of cities lack sufficient medical supplies to protect emergency responders and medical workers from contracting the coronavirus.
The House vote came after lawmakers were forced to scramble back to the Capitol when a lone Republican bucked GOP leaders and threatened to force a roll call vote.
Questions emerged as to whether the amount of aid to states, cities and hospitals was enough to keep up with skyrocketing cases of infections and deaths.
After days of partisan delays, the Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a $2 trillion financial rescue package to save businesses and jobs at risk due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Congressional leaders and Trump administration officials finalized a deal Tuesday on a sweeping $2 trillion stimulus package.
A $2 trillion coronavirus rescue bill was blocked by Democrats for a second day as debate devolved into a partisan scrum on the Senate floor on Monday.
As lawmakers write the largest financial rescue bill in U.S. history, more than 300 mayors — including three from Nevada — are asking for $250 billion to help fight the coronavirus outbreak.
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