At least three state lawmakers are working on efforts to preserve the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. In New York, Democratic Assemblyman Chuck Lavine has proposed legislation to require all public school children to receive instruction about the insurrection. Lawmakers in Nevada and Maine are pushing similar measures. This comes as House leaders in Washington, D.C. have declined to implement a federal law passed in 2023 requiring the hanging of a plaque listing the names

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree made it to the Hoover Dam today on the way to Washington D.C. Here’s Chis Buckley with the U.S. Forest Service and Swift Transportation truck driver Michael Porter. “This year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, making history as the first ever from Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, will journey from the Silver State to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol with stops at parades, festivals, and community gatherings across Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklaho