by Isabel Soisson | Dec 7, 2023 | HIGHER EDUCATION POLITICS, POLITICS
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that it approved the cancellation of nearly $5 billion in additional federal student loan debt for more than 80,000 borrowers, providing relief to many middle- and working-class borrowers. Borrowers who qualify for...
by Isabel Soisson | Dec 5, 2023 | CLIMATE and ENVIRONMENT POLITICS, POLITICS
The Biden administration on Saturday announced a finalized rule that will dramatically reduce harmful air pollutants such as methane from the oil and natural gas industry over the next 15 years, a significant step in the president’s effort to curb pollution that...
by Isabel Soisson | Dec 4, 2023 | INFRASTRUCTURE POLITICS, POLITICS
The Biden administration proposed a new rule last week that would require water utilities in Nevada and across the country to replace all of their lead pipes for the first time in American history in an effort to protect communities from the dangerous toxin. The...
by Isabel Soisson | Nov 30, 2023 | CLIMATE and ENVIRONMENT POLITICS, POLITICS
A new national climate assessment has revealed that over the next decade, climate change will continue to intensify severe weather events, spread disease, drive food shortages, and threaten public infrastructure in Nevada and throughout the Southwest. The Fifth...
by Isabel Soisson | Nov 29, 2023 | INFRASTRUCTURE POLITICS, POLITICS
Before Al DeVita was a training director for the Northern Nevada Laborers’ apprenticeship program, he was just another kid from New Jersey trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. DeVita’s father died when he was nine years old, something that he says...
