Amid historically low veteran representation in Carson City, a small group of legislators is creating a new caucus focused on issues affecting those who served, are currently in the armed services and their families.

Assemblymember Reuben D’Silva, a Las Vegas Democrat and Purple Heart recipient, said establishing the Nevada Veterans Legislative Caucus was a yearslong effort. However, over his first two sessions, D’Silva saw the number of people with service experience in the Legislature go from six to three.

Now with Assemblymember Ken Gray, R-Lyon, resigning his seat to go to the National Cemetery Administration as a senior adviser, D’Silva said it’s down to two: himself and state Sen. Shelly Cruz-Crawford, D-North Las Vegas, an equal opportunity officer in the Nevada Air National Guard.

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