Lifelong pursuit finished by virus
Justice ultimate goal for Las Vegan
John H. Robinson spent decades fighting for justice on three continents.
After serving as a naval aviator during the Korean War, he went to work for the U.S. Department of State advising law enforcement agencies during extreme political instability in Vietnam and Nicaragua.
He then took his law enforcement career stateside, working in California before moving to Las Vegas in 1975, where he worked first as a federal probation and parole officer before being appointed U.S. Marshal for the District of Nevada by President George H. W. Bush in 1990.
Robinson knew war. He also battled the mob and lesser criminals for more than 20 years. But it was complications due to a microscopic virus, COVID-19, that ended his life at Las
fortunate among us.” Among them, state agencies face potential cuts totaling $532 million, including a $230 million cut to Department of Health and Human Services. That bill is still pending.
Nevada’s K-12 schools face $156 million in cuts.
Watts said that he’s in favor of lawmakers discussing revenue increases but added that a special session “is a less than ideal setting” for those talks.
“I think it’s time for us to send a clear message to Washington that we need more assistance,” Watts said.
The resolution passed the Assembly on a unanimous vote. In the Senate, the vote was 20-1, with Sen. Ira Hansen, R-sparks, condemning federal pandemic assistance such as the CARES Act as “political camouflage.”
The chamber’s seven other Republicans backed the resolution, which only expresses the consensus position of the Legislature and carries no real weight.
Earlier in the day, the Interim Finance Commission approved the distribution of more than $34 million in federal pandemic assistance to Nevada under the CARES Act. The largest portion, $30 million, will provide financial assistance through December to renters who demonstrate need arising directly from a Covid-19-related cause. Two-thirds of the funds, or $20 million, will be distributed in Clark County, with $5 million each going to Reno and to rural areas.
Of the remainder, $3.3 million will go to help K-12 schools with remote learning programs under the COVID-19 state of emergency, about $849,000 will provide additional food assistance to families with children who receive meals under the National School Lunch program, and nearly $174,000 will help fund outreach to help residents of long-term care facilities cut off from in-person visits because of quarantines.
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