***MEDIA ADVISORY***
WED. OCT 1 at 10 A.M. PT
LAS VEGAS, NV – As the Sept. 30 federal government funding deadline approaches and with no congressional deal in sight, local stakeholders will hold a press conference to discuss the wide-ranging impacts of a government shutdown. Those impacts will be especially broad this year, especially as congressional Republicans and the Trump White House have held hostage ACA subsidies that could force health insurance costs to skyrocket for millions.
WHAT: Press Conference on the Local Impacts of the Government Shutdown
WHO: Camalot Todd, Communications Director with Nevada Conservation League, Mathilda Miller, Government Relations Director of Native Voters Alliance of Nevada, Terra Carter, Nevada State Employee and AFSCME Steward, Elisa Cafferata, Executive Director of Children’s Advocacy Alliance, and Linda Ward Smith, President of American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO Vice President for federal workers in Nevada.
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at 10 AM
WHERE: Reporters interested may RSVP with Amber Falgout (afalgout@battlebornprogress.
SPOKESPEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
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