national politics
Service members to get biggest pay raise in 20 years in bill heading to Biden’s desk
| December 15, 2023
While the pay bump will affect the 12,273 active duty service members in Nevada, this year’s National Defense Authorization Act is just the latest example of the increasingly partisan landscape of modern American politics.
Nevada leads nation in clean energy investment, report finds
| December 12, 2023
“Nevada is leading the way in clean energy, bringing in thousands of good-paying jobs and supporting working families throughout my state,” Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto said in a statement in response to the report.Biden campaign blames Trump for growing anti-abortion extremism
| December 12, 2023
In Missouri, Republicans have introduced bills to charge women who have abortions with murder, while in Texas, a mom was forced to flee the state to get an abortion in order to protect her own health—situations made possible by Donald Trump and the repeal of Roe v. Wade.To lower the cost of expensive drugs, Biden targets Big Pharma’s patents
| December 7, 2023
Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed with the help of taxpayer money and letting competitors make them in hopes of driving down the cost.Nevadans get relief as Biden cancels nearly $5 billion more in student debt
| December 7, 2023
More than 11,000 Nevadans have had their student debt discharged or have been identified for debt relief due to the Biden administration's reforms of the student loan debt system.
