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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Two of Nevada’s Representatives, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford, are expressing their dismay and anger over a decision rendered by the Arizona Supreme Court to revive an 1864 law criminalizing abortion at all stages of pregnancy.
Tuesday’s decision will not go into effect for at least two weeks.
Lee had this to say about the decision:
Christine Dyken had just returned home after picking up her grandson from school, and she was stressed.
Dyken — who lives in a quiet corner of North Las Vegas with her daughter, Doreen, and 7-year-old Christopher — needed to move, and the process was overwhelming and expensive.
Doreen was getting divorced, and they’d been looking for a home they could move into quickly — but one that wouldn’t break the bank. The 74-year-old Dyken had moved in with her daughter to help care for Christopher but also because she couldn’t afford rising rents on her own.
Tax Day is right around the corner. That means some folks who haven’t yet filed yet are still weighing options to help them minimize the stress of navigating a complicated tax system. Many people will end up paying a company to help them file, like purchasing software to file online.
Pahrump is growing and so is the need for more resources for those that call the not-so-rural-anymore town their home.
Congressman Steven Horsford visited Pahrump on Friday, where he met up with several local leaders, among them the Nye County commissioners, USDA Rural Planning Network, educators, medical professionals and veterans. Pahrump has grown in population to what is estimated at more than 50,000 residents by the U.S Census, which was over a 30 percent increase in population since the last count.
President Joe Biden visited Las Vegas on Tuesday to announce an aggressive multiagency “strike force” targeting unfair and illegal pricing in consumer goods and services, including measures to get skyrocketing housing costs under control and increase the supply of affordable housing. In a show of unity across branches of the government, Biden was joined on stage at a community center near the Strip by U.S. Reps. Steven Horsford, Susie Lee and Dina Titus.
President Joe Biden brought a theme of affordable housing to Las Vegas on Tuesday, highlighting a comprehensive plan that would invest nearly $260 billion in the need.
“We need housing that’s affordable,” the president told an audience of about 100 people at the Stupak Community Center, located near The Strat in the heart of the valley.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved 352 to 65 a bill that would force TikTok to split from its China-based parent company or face a national ban.
Horsford, a Democrat who represents parts of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and the middle of Nevada, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday he voted against the bill because it singles out one social media platform out of many. He said it could have unintended consequences on those who use the platform.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge will step down from her role in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying she had “mixed emotions” about leaving an agency that serves those most frequently left behind.
Nevada’s Democratic members of Congress joined federal legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization following last week’s Alabama Supreme Court decision that could impact access to the assisted reproductive technology.
Members of the House and Senate have joined onto the Access to Family Building Act that would establish a legal right to IVF and other assisted reproductive services, overriding any state effort to limit or ban access.