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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 members and a Nevada congressman hope to capitalize on a popular proposal to eliminate taxes on tips and push for a federal ban on letting employers pay tipped workers subminimum wages.
LAS VEGAS — Rep. Steven Horsford, Nevada Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has signed on to a GOP-sponsored House bill to make tipped wages tax-free.
Horsford, a four-term House member who escorted President Biden during the latter’s abortive Vegas visit last week, came out Sunday in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’s bid to become the Democrat’s Presidential candidate.
The House measure, introduced by Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Republican, apparently mirrors a Senate bill launched July 9 by Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Democrat.
As Nevada struggles with impacts of the climate crisis, U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford on Monday touted more than $800 million of federal investments being allocated to tribal communities in Nevada for mitigation measures and infrastructure projects.
During a virtual roundtable with the Native Voters Alliance of Nevada and the Department of Energy, Horsford credited President Joe Biden for signing the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan Act.
Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal’s foundation is set to build a Boys & Girls Club in east Las Vegas, the NBA Hall of Famer said Wednesday.
O’Neal grew up going to a Boys & Girls club where his aunt worked after school, which partly inspired his part in building the 17,000-square-foot facility.
As the nation recognizes Juneteenth this year, leading Black voices plan to use the holiday to call for widespread political changes and protections for Black Americans.
WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) - U.S. Representative Steven Horsford has introduced a bill he hopes will address the shortage of healthcare workers nationwide.
The Health Providers Training Act would make hospitals eligible for the Health Profession Opportunity Grant Program, which provides temporary assistance for needy families and low-income people for in demand healthcare positions.
Through the program, participants can get higher education, training, and support service needed to get jobs in healthcare.
Former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee was declared the winner in his race for the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.
The Associated Press called the race — the last contested Nevada congressional race to be called — late Wednesday. In unofficial results posted Thursday afternoon, Lee had collected 48.44% of the vote to 45.13% received by David Flippo, his closest opponent.
Lee will face Democratic incumbent Stephen Horsford in the November general election.
President Joe Biden is taking heat from Nevada Republicans and advocates — though for different reasons — and praise from some of Nevada’s Democratic leaders following his announcement on a new policy limiting asylum at the southern border.
The president issued executive actions on Tuesday that will tighten security on the country’s southern border and temporarily shut down the border to asylum seekers attempting to cross the border during surges.