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A billboard in support of Utah’s lawsuit challenging federal control over Bureau of Land Management land in the state hangs over Interstate 15 from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City.
The sign, which is part of a $500,000 marketing campaign, is designed to increase awareness about federal oversight. They say, “Stand for our Land,” and “Let Utah manage Utah land.”
Marsean Nelson used to work seven days a week and a minimum of 14 hours a day until his business went viral on TikTok.
Nelson, co-owner of TasteBudz Creole Kitchen with his wife Latricsha Nelson, received a visit from Keith Lee, famous Las Vegas-based TikToker, when they were just a food truck. When the video went viral — receiving over 4.1 million views — the food truck had over an hour wait to get a taste of the “Keith Lee Approved” restaurant.
Everytown for Gun Safety Fund will invest more than $2 million in community violence intervention programs in an effort to address gun violence across the nation.
The investment, announced Thursday, will be awarded to 34 community organizations across 27 cities. It is intended to help the organizations sustain long-term projects and offer the opportunity to access additional government, philanthropic and corporate support.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday called for Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) to be censured for a since-deleted social media post criticizing Haitian migrants as “thugs.”
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, has been named to a key leadership role in the House Democratic Caucus.
Horsford has been named a chief deputy whip for the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Rep. Steven Horsford introduced his version of a no-tax-on-tips bill that includes getting rid of the federal tipped subminimum wage, which he said would make a bigger difference than the Republican-led bills currently on the table.
The Tipped Income Protection and Support (TIPS) Act would exempt tips from federal income tax up to a certain threshold while maintaining payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare, and it would eliminate the federal tipped subminimum wage of $2.13 an hour.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Steven Horsford is likely to fill the open seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, following the death earlier this month of Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., according to sources familiar with the situation.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Nevada elected officials to break ground Monday on a $378 million construction project designed to create more efficient, frequent, and speedier bus transit on one of the busiest corridors in Southern Nevada.
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford is bringing forward legislation that not only eliminates the federal income tax on tips but also seeks to abolish subminimum wages for tipped workers.
And the Tipped Income Protection and Support (TIPS) Act, which he plans to introduce this month, will also include provisions designed to prevent employers or high-end earners from exploiting the elimination of federal taxation of tips, he said during a call Tuesday.