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Nevada
Nevada’s approximately 13,000 home care workers could see big increases to minimum wage and reimbursement rates under legislative proposals presented Thursday.
Nevada officials, including Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sen. Jacky Rosen, have urged the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider plans to move the mail center to California.
The ACLU of Nevada said seven jails, including several in the Las Vegas Valley, are now complying with a law requiring a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Clark County on Friday reported 434 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 deaths during the previous day as key metrics for the disease all ended the week higher than the last.
Clark County reported 326 new COVID-19 deaths and no new deaths during the previous day, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Friday.
Clark County on Tuesday reported 369 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths as most longer term metrics for the disease slid lower or were flat.
New cases and test positivity rate register double-digit percentage gains while 100 more COVID-19 patients are in county hospital beds compared to two weeks ago.
Three of Clark County’s four main COVID-19 metrics improved this week, but the steady decline of new cases of the disease since mid-August slowed to a near standstill.