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Sen. Cortez Masto On Growing Up in Rural Las Vegas
In an exclusive “Earth Focus” interview, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto paints a rural picture of cowboys and ranches when describing the Las Vegas where she grew up. “My goodness, there was only one high school,” she recalls. Watch “The New West and the Politics of the Environment” to learn more about environmental policies that have shaped the American West.
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