There are more than 90 Kroger and Albertsons stores or affiliates in Nevada, mostly in the Las Vegas area.

The freshman senator attributes her success to localizing the Senate race, emphasizing her Nevada roots and commitment to bipartisanship and painting Brown as too extreme for the state. This allowed her to win even in a national environment that favored Republicans and keep enough registered nonpartisan and soft Republican Trump voters from picking Brown as well.

Grocery stores are doing what they can to keep their doors open while combating food inflation. You can’t deny the grocery store market is incredibly competitive — especially when you factor in online grocery sales.

By a 15-4 vote last week, the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee passed the Energy Permitting Reform Act, a compromise bill by brought Sens. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) to speed up the development of energy projects — renewable and fossil fuels.

Like many businesses, merging is required to stay competitive, which, in turn, ensures that stores won’t close, workers won’t lose their jobs and the business can continue to provide quality products at reasonable prices.

This ultimately is about people maintaining their livelihoods. That includes the workers and shoppers who rely on price competition, overall affordability and choice in their area whether they shop there or not.