A Nevada senator plans to reintroduce a bill that would permanently rule out oil drilling in the northeast Nevada range.
Catherine Cortez Masto
The U.S. General Services Administration dismissed approximately 12 staff members between Las Vegas and Reno, according to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s office.
The bill would authorize funding for firefighting equipment, new training programs for firefighters and support recovery efforts in landscapes impacted by wildfires.
The $934,000 federal grant requested by the Fire Department and Metro will help more than 6,700 local first responders, officials said.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto visited Paradise Elementary School and discussed proposed legislation to fund job training programs to prepare the next generation of English language educators.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto spoke at the Democratic National Convention, the first Nevadan so far to speak on stage.
Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced a bill to revoke the law making Yucca Mountain, located 90 miles from Las Vegas, a nuclear waste repository.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and other Nevada officials wrote a letter opposing the plan, which they fear could impact elections and the local economy.
Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto wrote in a letter that one of Nevada’s indigenous tribes recently experienced a suicide cluster.
Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Susie Lee, Dina Titus and Stephen Horsford signed onto a bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization.
A bill she is co-sponsoring would declare xylazine an emerging drug threat and enable the DEA to track its manufacturing to keep it from being used illicitly.
Three minor party candidates are also in the contest between U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt that could decide control of the Senate for the second half of President Joe Biden’s term.
Former Attorney General Adam Laxalt is vying with surprisingly strong challenger Sam Brown for the right to challenge incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto in November.
If an abortionist — armed with scissors, clamps and a vacuum cleaner — can’t kill a baby while she’s still in the womb, he shouldn’t get another chance after she’s born. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen disagree.