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Juneteenth, a day that memorializes the emancipation of slaves in this country, is now a federal holiday.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. It came a year after a Juneteenth protest took place in Nevada during the nationwide fight over police reform and equality following the deaths of George Floyd and Briana Taylor.
As part of the American Jobs Plan, President Joe Biden has proposed $400 billion to better support the nation's caregiving industry.
A Nevada congressman is leading the push to get Americans back to work.
Congressman Steven Horsford is teaming up with other lawmakers to introduce the Hire Act.
If passed it would increase the amount of work opportunity tax credits by 50%.
That gives employers an incentive and money to hire people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
A group of Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill Thursday aimed at encouraging businesses to hire workers who have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV) talked about President Biden's American Families Plan and how to finance it, his op-ed on the child tax credit, and the impact of President Biden's infrastructure and
U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford paid a visit to the City of Mesquite on Wednesday, May 5. During the stop, he spoke with local leaders, City officials, business owners – and made two specially-appointed stops to spend time with emergency first responders.
Soon after video of George Floyd's death emerged, a Metro Police colleague walked into Undersheriff Christopher Darcy's office to show it to him, saying "I think the city's going to burn," foreshadowing raucous weekslong protests across the U.S., including in Las Vegas.
After the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, President Joe Biden pleaded with the nation — and Congress — not to look away.
Several lawmakers from Nevada released statements Tuesday afternoon following the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Congressman Steven Horsford said:
Nevada's drinking water infrastructure will need more than $5 billion in maintenance costs over the next two decades. Internet access in portions of the state's vast rural areas is lacking. And extreme weather has brought more than $1 billion in repairs over the last decade.