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New York Bomb Attempt Raises Awareness in Las Vegas |
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KLAS Channel 8
May 3, 2008
Just like New York City, Las Vegas is one of the world's top tourist destinations. Nearly 40 million people visit Las Vegas each year. That is why authorities must be prepared for an attack like the one that almost happened in New York's Times Square, where a suspect tried to set off a car bomb. The SUV was packed with gasoline, propane and fertilizer. If the attempt succeeded, it would have caused numerous casualties in one of the country's busiest areas.
The bombing attempt in New York has Nevada officials concerned, including U.S. Rep. Dina Titus. "It's a wake-up call and a reminder to us that when we're in tourist areas, like Las Vegas with soft targets, that we need to be informed," she said. "We need to be ready. We need to have the resources to respond."
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Las Vegas Weekly
By Ken Miller - April 21, 2010
It doesn’t have the membership of the Tea Party. it doesn’t have the funding. It doesn’t have the catchy slogans, the sound bites, the easily digested gobs of O’Reilly, Beck and Hannity.
At first glance, all that might appear to be going for the Coffee Party is that it has a catchy name. But this nonprofit organization, started by filmmaker Annabel Park earlier this year, cannot endorse any candidates, and its overall impact on politics is certainly iffy. As a force that’s going to get headlines and command attention, this particular party appears a bit … decaffeinated.
Not everyone agrees with that sentiment. Congresswoman Dina Titus recently took time out from her schedule to spend 30 minutes talking to about two dozen attendees at a “Coffee With Congress” get-together at the Las Vegas home of Liza Powell—and some of them weren’t even from her district. It was a subdued affair, more akin to a Sunday social than a political movement—a coffee pot on a table in the back yard, along with bottled water and soft drinks, and folding chairs set up at the edge of a pool. Titus discussed her recent victory with health-care reform, anger and frustration were expressed from the gallery over the utter absence of bipartisanship, and Titus was blunt about executives of bailed-out companies getting million-dollar bonuses: “They should be in jail.”
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Titus’ office morphs into housing counseling center |
Las Vegas Sun
By Lisa Mascaro - April 18, 2010
Washington — William Palacios had nowhere to turn the day he walked into Democratic Rep. Dina Titus’ office in Las Vegas.
The bank was preparing to foreclose on his modest, three-bedroom home — a house he had bought for $250,000 four years before on a block where they were now selling for $90,000.
The office staff remembers the 43-year-old casino maintenance worker walking in, without an appointment, his 11-year-old son in tow.
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Titus proposes $10 million anti-hunger bill for schoolchildren |
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Steve Tetreault - April 13, 2010
WASHINGTON-- An anti-hunger bill that would provide schoolchildren with food to take home during weekends and holidays was introduced today in Congress.
The bill by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., targets children from low-income families that qualify for free or reduced-cost school breakfasts and lunches during the week.
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Congresswoman Titus taking action after You Ask, We Investigate |
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KTNV ABC - Channel 13
When You ask, We Investigate and now a state lawmaker is taking action on one of our stories.
Viewer Brenda Johnson emailed Action News about a plot of land next to her community. She said it was filled with trash that's been dumped there for years.
Brenda said no one was taking care of it. Congresswoman Dina Titus saw our story, and now she's asking for answers.
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KTNV ABC - Channel 13
City of Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen and US Congresswoman Dina Titus help unveil a Habitat for Humanity green prototype home at a press conference and VIP open house on April 6, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 1808 Merze Avenue, Henderson, Nevada 89011.
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400 Nevada soldiers return home from Afghanistan |
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Las Vegas Sun
By Tiffany Gibson - April 12, 2010
More than 400 soldiers returned to Las Vegas today and were reunited with friends and family after a one-year deployment to Afghanistan.
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Health care finally done, Titus eager to pivot back to jobs |
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Steve Tetreault - March 24, 2010
WASHINGTON -- While most of the Democrats who voted for health care reform celebrated at a White House signing ceremony Tuesday morning, Rep. Dina Titus took a pass.
Instead, the freshman congresswoman stayed behind in her office for a series of meetings with visitors from Nevada, including groups of health care professionals and teachers, and to prepare remarks for a luncheon with Jewish voters from the state.
A few hours later, Titus took a turn presiding over the House chamber as Democrats turned back to their "jobs agenda," advancing a $5.7 billion bill that includes money for job training grants and small-business loans.
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Dina Titus introduces worker safety oversight bill |
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Las Vegas Sun
By Michael Mishak - March 16, 2010
Rep. Dina Titus introduced a bill this morning that would give the federal government more flexibility in its oversight of state workplace safety programs.
The reform legislation is important to Nevada because of the state's poor track record when it comes to keeping workers safe on the job -- and follows House hearings last year on the failings of the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Dina Titus goes on the attack in defense of jobless benefits |
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Las Vegas Sun
By Lisa Mascaro - March 2, 2010
Washington — Ignoring that she’s a freshman congresswoman and he’s a two-term senator, Democratic Rep. Dina Titus leveled a broadside against Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky, who is holding up an extension of unemployment benefits for out-of-work Nevadans.
For days, Bunning has blocked a vote on extending jobless benefits, saying he believes the aid should not be added to the national debt.
But as he makes his case, nearly 20,000 out-of-work Nevadans, among more than 1 million Americans nationwide, will run out of benefits this month unless the program is extended. Nearly 176,000 Nevadans are out of work.
“Sen. Bunning’s obstructionist delay tactics are a perfect example of why the American people think Washington is broken,” Titus said.
With Southern Nevada residents “facing high unemployment, a foreclosure crisis and skyrocketing health care costs, they want to see elected officials working together,” she said. “Unfortunately, one Republican in the Senate is standing in the way.”
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