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News

KUNR Today: Nevada orders 500,000 at-home COVID-19 tests, Omicron surge strains ambulance services

Michelle Billman

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Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.

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KUNR Today: Reno holding public forum on Neon Line District, Man charged for 2020 Dayton Fire

Noah Glick

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Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.

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Business and Economy

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on how federal infrastructure law could impact Nevada

Kaleb Roedel

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President Joe Biden recently signed a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law. KUNR’s Kaleb Roedel spoke with US Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez…

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Politics and Policy

Sen. Cortez Masto reflects on Jan. 6, how the government has handled the pandemic and climate change

Noah Glick

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Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto has been serving Nevada in the U.S. Senate since 2017, filling the seat left by the now-retired Harry Reid. She has worked…

A bill introduced by Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto would allow Clark County to develop 30,633 acres of public lands in the Hidden Valley south of Las Vegas for affordable housing.

Where can Las Vegas build affordable housing? A Nevada senator eyes public lands.

Nate Hegyi

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The idea of selling public lands is sacrilegious in much of the West. In Southern Nevada, the affordable housing crisis may be an extenuating circumstance.

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KUNR Today: Blockchains withdraws Innovation Zones proposal, Poll shows Nevada Dems with narrow lead

Michelle Billman

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Here are the morning news headlines for Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.Nevada tech company asks to withdraw 'Innovation Zones' planBy The Associated PressReno bus…

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KUNR Today: Sen. Cortez Masto On Debt Limit, Sandoval Pushing UNR Enrollment And Research

Noah Glick

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Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.U.S. Sen. Cortez Masto Blasts Senate Republicans Over Debt Limit BattleBy…

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KUNR Today: Newsom Survives Recall, Washoe County COVID-19 Metrics Quickly Rising

Noah Glick

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Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.Takeaways After California Governor Handily Defeats RecallBy The Associated…

Catherine Cortez Masto sits in the center of a table with five other people. There is a firefighter in a white shirt and black tie on either side of her. Everyone is masked and looking to a man in the forefront who is out of focus.

Public Health

U.S. Sen. Cortez Masto Wants Long-Term Studies On Wildfire Smoke Impacts To Firefighters

Lucia Starbuck

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Multiple large wildfires burning in California are blanketing communities in Northern Nevada with smoke and ash. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto spoke…

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Politics and Policy

Interview: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto On The Child Tax Credit

Paul Boger

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The families of hundreds of thousands of Nevada children are eligible for monthly payments from the federal government. It’s part of the expanded child…