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US Reps. Tony Gonzales, Veronica Escobar introduce bipartisan fair Texas tribal gaming bill Anthony Jackson, El Paso Times © El Paso Times Speaking Rock Entertainment Center is at 122 S. Old Pueblo Road. Two members of the U.S. Congress representing El Paso County announced the introduction of a bill that they hope will level the playing field for electronic gaming in tribal communities. The bill known as the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act — sponsored by U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, and supported by ...

Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector photo by: Pool photo by Evert Nelson/Topeka Capital-Journal via Kansas Reflector Rep. Ponka-We Victors, D-Wichita, is cosponsoring legislation that would require the attorney general to coordinate training for law enforcement agencies on missing and murdered Indigenous people in Kansas. TOPEKA — While the world faces a global health crisis, advocates say, Indigenous people are facing an epidemic of their own with American Indians missing or murdered at disproportionately high rates. Two legislators are acting to change that reality in Kansas. As of Jan. 7, 202...

The Rundown water-bill debt relief to a spending package that includes a Navajo Nation water rights settlement, a Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water rights settlement, and a directive to the secretary of state to encourage regional collaboration on water resources in Tibet. Congress also reauthorizes the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and boosts authorized funding. And lastly, the EPA finalizes long-awaited rules for lead in drinking water. “We, as a regulatory agency, can never just focus on one pollutant.” — Andrew Wheeler, the EPA administrator, responding to a q...

Udall Secures Enactment Of 12 Indian Affairs Bills U.S. SENATE News: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, hailed final passage of 12 Indian Affairs-related bills. The 12 bills will now go to the president to be signed into law. Udall also cheered Senate passage of seven additional Indian Affairs provisions, which must be passed by the House of Representatives.  Udall led or cosponsored seven of the 12 Indian Affairs-related bills set to become law, including: – The Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act, Udall...