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Advocates press U.S. House to act soon on compensation for nuclear testing victims
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWASHINGTON — Lawmakers and advocates rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging House...
Deseret News archives: Atomic bomb tests rattled Americans in the West
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFrom Operation Teapot, the Met Shot, a tower burst fired at the Nevada Test Site, April 15, 1955. |...
Mike Johnson Urged To Advance Bipartisan Bill For Nuclear Test Victims
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoThe program was extended for two years in 2022, and claims can only be made through June 10. The...
‘Time is running out’: Navajo Nation urges Congress to act on RECA expansion bill
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoKathleen Tsosie remembers seeing her dad come home every evening with his clothes covered in dirt....
Advocates want to expand compensation for downwinders, but Utahns in Congress worry about price tag
Standard-Examiner· 4 days agoAssociated Press file photoIn this April 22, 1952, file photo, a gigantic pillar of smoke with the...
Downwinder groups blast Utah congressional delegation for opposing radiation compensation expansion
The Salt Lake Tribune· 5 days ago“Downwinders” is the term applied to the roughly 60,000 people, who were exposed to harmful...
How to celebrate International Museum Day in Las Vegas
FOX 5 Las Vegas· 2 hours agoSaturday is International Museum Day, and here’s how to celebrate in the Las Vegas valley!
How much of Nevada’s land is owned by the feds? More than you might think
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 2 days agoNot reported in the survey are tribals lands, of which the federal government holds legal title, or...
Downwinders in D.C. lobbying House to pass compensation for radiation exposure
Santa Fe New Mexican· 2 days agoMore than 30 years after the Cold War ended, the legacy of nuclear testing and the uranium mined to...
Radiation compensation bill’s backers plan Hill blitz - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 3 days agoVictims of radiation exposure are aiming to ramp up the pressure on the House to take up a...