Catherine Cortez Masto

A crowd of people with their backs to the camera are sitting in white folding chairs on a beach facing Cortez Masto who is speaking and gesturing with her hands. There is a lake with boats behind Cortez Masto.

Over-tourism and wildfire prevention top of mind at annual Lake Tahoe Summit

Lucia Starbuck

Lawmakers, conservationists, and Lake Tahoe residents from both Nevada and California gathered at Kings Beach for the 27th annual Lake Tahoe Summit.

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Politics and Policy

Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto proposes increasing penalties for defrauding veterans

Lucia Starbuck

Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced legislation to increase the punishment for fraud targeting veterans.

Catherine Cortez Masto stands at a dark brown wooden circular podium, talking to a crowd of lawmakers seated in rows at wooden desks with their backs to the camera. Behind Cortez Masto is the American flag and a painting of Abraham Lincoln.

Politics and Policy

Senator Cortez Masto highlights clean energy initiatives during Nevada Legislature address

Lucia Starbuck

Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto spoke about the state’s clean energy initiatives during her address at the state Legislature on Tuesday evening in Carson City.

Catherine Cortez Masto stands among four other women smiling and in a conversation. They’re inside a brightly lit building with white walls and white-painted bricks. The word “Love” is in colorful letters on one wall.

Politics and Policy

Senator Cortez Masto highlights legislation to help curb sex trafficking during visit in Reno

Lucia Starbuck

Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto visited a Washoe County-based organization that helps survivors of human sex trafficking on Friday.

A dozen grade A eggs labeled for sale for $7.99.

Business and Economy

With egg prices going up, where does it leave Northern Nevada businesses and consumers?

Jacob Kostuchowski

With egg prices on the rise across the country, local businesses and consumers are left to deal with the offset. Why are the prices increasing so much? The answer seems to vary.

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

Politics and Policy

Nevada re-elects Democratic Sen. Cortez Masto, determining balance of the U.S. Senate

Lucia Starbuck

Nevada Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has won a second term in office. The race was neck and neck with Republican challenger Adam Laxalt. The Associated Press didn’t call it until a large batch of mail-in ballots came in from Clark County on Saturday evening, putting Cortez Masto in the lead. With her win, Democrats retain control of the Senate.

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Politics and Policy

Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race

Jacob Solis

Fourteen members of Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s family announced Wednesday that they would collectively endorse his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, in the heated race for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat.

Cortez Masto stands at a podium indoors. There are women on either side of her, young and old, holding dark blue signs that read “Bans off our bodies.”

Politics and Policy

Cortez Masto visits with UNR students, women who helped codify abortion access in Nevada

Lucia Starbuck

Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto spoke about abortion access with a small group at the University of Nevada, Reno on Friday.

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto wears a mask over her face as looks towards a speaker off-camers while sitting in between health and fire officials at a table. Masto is holding a sheet of paper and a pen in her hand.

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Reno police chief endorses Catherine Cortez Masto, First monkeypox case in rural Nevada

Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to news headlines for Thursday, August 11, 2022.

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Local Stories

KUNR Today: Cortez Masto leads Laxalt in Nevada Independent poll but Biden’s approval rating ominous

Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Tuesday, April 26, 2022.