The reason? The funding would come from the first-ever royalties imposed on hardrock mines — the sort that produce every metal from gold and silver to iron and copper — and Cortez Masto ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she'd be "happy" to accept a Republican congressman's offer to "go underground" and tour a Kentucky coal mine. Ocasio-Cortez's comments came just days after she ...

Catherine Cortez Masto designed to undo a consequential 2022 court decision that restricted mining companies’ use of federal lands in Nevada, according to Nevada Current. Mining developers in ...

Barr asked Ocasio-Cortez to “go underground” in a mine with him. Great, she said. “It’s very close to my heart,” Ocasio-Cortez said of struggling areas of Appalachia. “Folks may not ...

WASHINGTON DC (KOLO) - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has reintroduced a bill that would establish a grant program for mining schools. The Mining Schools Act of 2025 would establish a program ...