Gary Martin is the Washington correspondent for the Review-Journal covering Congress. He previously served as political and government editor for the San Antonio Express-News. He has worked at newspapers in Texas and Arizona. Martin received a journalism degree from Colorado State University.
Participation in outdoor recreation increased during the pandemic, but trip cancellations and travel restrictions resulted in job losses in some sectors of the industry in Nevada and other states, officials told a Senate subcommittee on tourism Tuesday.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Monday promoted responsible extraction of lithium in Nevada as part of a national blueprint to manufacture more lithium-ion batteries.
Outraged lawmakers are saying a wild horse adoption program should be halted and an investigation should be conducted following a report that some of the horses were sold to buyers and slaughtered for meat.
Nevada will get $51.5 million for roads and public transit projects in a House transportation committee spending bill, funding for projects sought by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Jennifer Granholm will join Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and congressional lawmakers in Las Vegas this week, according to a Biden administration source.
The bill filed by the Nevada representative would create a national vaccine lottery to dole out $1 million each to 100 randomly selected winners.
A long-awaited veterans cemetery will finally be built in Elko, thanks to the efforts of a Marine Vietnam veteran, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and federal and local officials.
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid helped get the money to research unidentified aerial phenomenon, the subject of a highly-anticipated report.
President Joe Biden on Friday proposed a $6 trillion budget that relies in part on new taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
The Justice Department is reportedly preparing a legal case to force Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn to register as a lobbyist for a foreign country.
Family members of George Floyd met Tuesday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and President Joe Biden at the White House on the one-year anniversary of his death in police custody.
The American Academy of Pediatrics applauded legislation filed by Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada that would create a grant program to hire more nurses for public schools.
The Department of Justice is releasing $40 million to Nevada to assist crime victims — including those who continue to suffer from injuries from the Oct. 1 mass shooting — after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto demanded that withheld funds be sent to the state.
Negotiations have started on a possible plea agreement for a man arrested in Las Vegas for his participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Sen. Jacky Rosen and Rep. Susie Lee, both Nevada Democrats, filed similar bills Wednesday that would make the providers eligible for Small Business Administration loans.
