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Nevada senator’s bill will close loophole in veterans’ education benefits endangered by pandemic
Air Force veteran Ally Schroeder, 27, will graduate in May from UNLV with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition sciences. She has been paying for her tuition and housing through the G.I. Bill, which has provided money toward schooling or job training to service members since the 1940s. But due to COVID-19 moving classes to a […]
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Biden signs Cortez Masto-cosponsored bill to help police, first-responders
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that aims to connect law enforcement officers with counseling programs. The Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support, or COPS, Counseling Act was co-sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
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Cortez Masto opposes increased mining taxes
WASHINGTON — A House proposal to increase taxes on mining operations on public lands drew bipartisan opposition from a Senate committee Tuesday, with testimony from a Nevada gold mine company about the impact it would have on the state. Lawmakers from Western states spoke out in opposition to the mining taxes proposed by the House. Sen. […]
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Nevada elected leaders determined to uphold women’s reproductive rights
The recent birth of Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro’s first child was thoroughly planned. Every day, soon after conception, she took a pregnancy test awaiting a positive result. It wasn’t until the fifth week that she and her husband got the good news.
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Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto introduces bill to combat drought in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A new bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to address the worsening drought in Nevada, and it aims to re-use and recycle local wastewater. Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto introduced the Large Scale Water Recycling and Drought Resiliency Investment Act to combat drought and protect the water supply of millions of […]
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Cortez Masto: Infrastructure bill will bring jobs, growth
RENO – Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto pushed back on attacks from potential Republican challenger and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt Monday following a meeting with local stakeholders on ways to kickstart and advance Nevada’s clean energy economy.
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Cortez Masto leading efforts to expand housing, fight discrimination
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto this week launched efforts to restore fair lending practices and affordable housing in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
