Politics
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Nevada advocates disappointed after lawmakers support bill targeting undocumented people
Despite opposition from local immigration and civil rights organizations, who say the bill would strip migrants of due process, the Laken Riley Act sailed through Congress with bipartisan support last week.
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Many fear help for Nevada water conservation will dry up under Trump
Despite billions from the Inflation Reduction Act going to benefit Nevada, President-elect Donald Trump and conservative fiscal hawks may pursue a partial or full repeal once Trump takes office, according to lawmakers. As a series of wildfires in Southern California in recent days have illustrated the devastating impacts of a historic decades-long drought caused by…
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Las Vegas resort offers discounted rooms to California residents impacted by wildfires
A spokesperson from Resorts World Las Vegas told The Nevadan in a statement it would offer Californians affected by the Los Angeles wildfires a 35% discount on rooms from Jan. 9-17. A Las Vegas Strip resort is offering a discounted rate to Southern California residents forced to evacuate their homes due a series of fast-moving…
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Rosen-backed bill to connect veterans with benefits signed into law
The new law will give $10 million annually to the US Department of Veteran Affairs to increase outreach efforts to help former servicemembers get benefits they’re entitled to. Bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Nevada Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen to bolster outreach efforts by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and alert former servicemembers of…
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Grant from Biden infrastructure law to help install 185 EV charges around Las Vegas valley
A $3.2 million grant from the US Department of Transportation will help fund and install electric vehicle charging stations in primarily disadvantaged communities. Local officials have received a $3.2 million federal grant to install an estimated 185 electric vehicle charging stations across the Las Vegas area in primarily underserved communities, according to Nevada Democratic US…
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Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports for all Americans
This new rule will erase an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency estimates that the new federal rule could help boost consumer credit scores by an average of 20 points.
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Nevada seniors’ drug costs are now capped at $2,000 per year
The out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs for Medicare Part D enrollees is now capped at $2,000 per year, thanks to President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. A provision of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) officially went into effect earlier this month, meaning most Nevada seniors will now have their annual out-of-pocket costs for prescription…
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Las Vegas Police: Note left by Green Beret killed in Trump hotel explosion said US needed wakeup call
Officials said Friday that Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger may have suffered from PTSD, and found a note stating the US was ‘terminally ill.’ A suicide note expressing personal and political grievances was left by the Green Beret soldier responsible for a New Year’s Day explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las…
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Suspect in Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Las Vegas hotel ID’d
Authorities are still searching for a motive, but disclosed on Thursday that a Green Beret soldier was behind a New Year’s Day explosion at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas that killed the suspect and injured seven others. An active duty Green Beret soldier is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound…
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Jimmy Carter, trigésimo noveno presidente de EE. UU., muere a los 100 años
Jimmy Carter, trigésimo noveno presidente de EE. UU., muere a los 100 años.
