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Career emergency medical services official John Hammond calls it the worst crisis he’s ever seen in Southern Nevada.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid today announced a $745,000 grant for nuclear technologies research and development at the University of Nevada, Reno. The grant will go towards research to ensure the suitability of dry-cask systems for long-term storage and transport.
Sen. Marco Rubio this month filed a bill aimed at making it harder for nonresident aliens to claim a child tax credit. The effort drew little attention for good reason: Rubio's office did not publicize it. But liberal groups and immigrant advocates have taken notice and are accusing Rubio of a double standard, saying he is hurting innocent children while pushing a Dream Act alternative that ...
Senator Harry Reid's threat to slash Pentagon spending has sparked a red hot streak of Republican Keynesianism. The economic theory advocating short-term public spending in a recession followed by boom time debt reduction is heretical in modern Republican parlance , but GOP lawmakers are making an exception when defense spending is at stake. This week, Reid laid out the Democrats' plan to ...
The 7,500-acre Topaz Ranch Estates (TRE) Fire is now 85% contained. Full containment is expected by Sunday.
Republicans say looming cuts to the Pentagon could plunge the U.S. economy back into a recession.
But will Jaczko's resignation actually be good for the nuclear industry?
University of Nevada, Las Vegas was designated to receive more than $1.5 million in grants dedicated to nuclear technologies research.
A rule allowing nuclear plant operators to replace certain equipment without prior approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is being reconsidered.
President Barack Obama nominated a successor to outgoing Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko on Thursday, selecting an alumna of the Blue Ribbon Commission that recently issued findings on how the country should dispose of its nuclear waste for the job. Allison Macfarlane is a professor at George Mason University in northern Virginia who has written extensively about Yucca ...
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Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement Tuesday after a blue ribbon panel made safety recommendations for the National Championship Air Races in Reno
LAUGHLIN - The annual Avi Resort-Casino's Memorial Day holiday fireworks show will be held at the Beach Overlook on the Colorado River at Veterans Memorial Bridge on Sunday, May 27, at 8:45 p.m.
Gregory B. Jaczko, who battled colleagues and Congress as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will step down as soon as a successor is confirmed.
A 4,400-acre wildfire burning in Topaz Ranch Estates is now 10% contained.