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Slow start to 2021 Nevada Legislature

The 81st season of that biennial production known as the Nevada Legislature kicked off last week like molasses being poured through a strainer in the dead of winter.

 
Nevada caucuses may be a thing of the past

The days of herding relative strangers into Nevada high school gyms for an all-day democracy exercise peppered with puzzling math equations that can make or break political futures may soon be at an end.

 
US troops to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive

Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It means about 1,000 active duty military personnel will deploy to help state vaccination centers.

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Harris casts tie-breaker as Senate OKs fast-track on COVID aid

The Senate early Friday approved a measure that would let Democrats muscle President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan through the chamber without Republican support. Vice President Kamala Harris was in the chair to cast the tie-breaking vote, her first.

Sharply divided House kicks Greene off both her committees

Underscoring the political vise her inflammatory commentary has clamped her party into, nearly all Republicans voted against the Democratic move Thursday but none defended her lengthy history of outrageous social media posts.

House boots Marjorie Taylor Greene off committees

A fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she’d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.

Late January storm eased drought in parts of California

The powerful storm that drenched much of California last week eased drought conditions in some parts of the state, the U.S. Drought Monitor said Thursday.

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