Paid family medical leave helps veterans transition out of the service. Too bad Lombardo vetoed it.

By: Manuel Santamaria, Mikey Kelly, Cory Petrini

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: June 17, 2026

Words: 842

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago


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From the toils of the Great Depression to the triumph of D-Day, our country once lived by a simple but powerful motto: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt described fear as “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” This wasn’t just a slogan, but a philosophy of governing meant to alleviate one of the greatest fears of everyday life: financial ruin.

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