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Black Women Lead Climate Justice Fight For Low-Income People In Las Vegas

climate justice led by African American women

Make It Work Nevada's Executive Director Erika Washington's grandfather used to nurture fresh vegetables at their Detroit home garden. Therefore, she knows a thing or two about making healthy food items. The keys to the role she plays at her company are to widely supply healthful food items and educate African-American families about their...

Senator Masto Seeks Ways Of Tackling Wildfire Smoke

Wildfire smoke approaches to help people

The smoke emerging from California wildfires blanketed downtown Reno on August 18, 2021, and obscured the Sierra Nevada mountains. On usual days, the range of mountains is noticeable to the Western United States. The quality of air in Nevada due to wildfires keeps getting more and more unhealthy. The worst thing is that no...

State Legislators Reject DMV’s Plan To Reimburse Unconstitutional Fee

DMV reimbursement rejected by state legislature

Some months ago, the Supreme Court of Nevada ruled the $1 that each individual paid as per-transaction DMV technology fee unconstitutional. Now, lawmakers are unsure how Nevada should reimburse those people. The DMV is obliged to pay reimbursements to 240,000 business enterprises and around 2.4 million people. Nevada’s Interim Finance Committee members did not pass Director...

Secretary of Transportation Checks Why Boulder Highway Needs Revamping

Boulder Highway is a thoroughfare with multiple lanes in Nevada. It is still among the most fatal roads in the US state. Pete Buttigieg, the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Secretary, had just heard about it. Buttigieg got an idea about what Nevada’s pedestrians come across each day on Boulder Highway as he moved along...

Mayor Carolyn Goodman Urges Natives To Be Vaccinated

Las Vegas’s Mayor, namely Carolyn Goodman, was fully vaccinated before she had coronavirus disease in July this year. When opening a recent city council conference, Carolyn stated that she experienced minor COVID-19 symptoms before her 10-day quarantine. Carolyn thanked Stavros Anthony because the latter acted as the temporary Mayor of Las Vegas. Carolyn refused to...

GOPs Oppose Biden’s Candidate To Lead Bureau of Land Management

Biden's nominee for Bureau of Land Management leader opposed by GOP

Republicans have described Tracy Stone-Manning, the nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, as an ‘eco-terrorist’ due to her part in an old tree-spiking event in Idaho. Despite that, Democrats are getting ready to push through her nomination for the position in the government agency. The vote about Manning’s nomination establishes a fight between...

Carson City’s Businesses Miss Usual Revenue, Buzz Around Legislature

Comma Coffee in Carson City is like an unofficial breakroom for US staffers, lobbyists, and lawmakers at the time of the Legislature being in session. While this time may generally be a good thing for business, the owner of the café June Joplin has her doubts about that due to COVID-19 restrictions. As for Joplin,...