Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are tied in Nevada in latest Emerson College polling.
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The former employee said she was pressured by a Control Board member to engage in discriminatory hiring practices.
The bill’s sponsors say it is a small step toward addressing public health implications associated with widespread sports betting legalization.
Rep. Steven Horsford has introduced his version of a no-tax-on-tips bill that includes getting rid of the federal tipped subminimum wage.
The Presumption for Radiation or Toxin Exposure Coverage for Troops Act would establish the presumption veterans were exposed to toxins at the Nevada Test and Training Range.
COVID-19 data for Clark County on Thursday provided a mix of good and bad news, with the new cases registering a second straight decline as hospitalizations reached a new high.
The new cases in Nevada bring the state total to five and come as omicron becomes the dominant coronavirus strain nationwide.
Clark County on Wednesday saw most of its major COVID-19 metrics continue to fall as it reported just 333 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths recorded during the previous day.
Nevada passed a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus on Friday as it passed the 50 percent mark for vaccination of eligible residents.
There’s a silver lining in the dominance of troubling variants when disease numbers are declining, according to Nevada’s state lab director.
The state’s test positivity rate, meanwhile, remains unchanged at 4.8 percent, according to state data posted Thursday.
Nevada on Friday reported the highest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths in nearly three months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
There were 656 additional cases of the coronavirus reported in Nevada on Tuesday, along with 15 more deaths, state data shows.
Health officials reported 948 new COVID-19 cases and one death in Nevada on Monday, breaking a streak of five days with more than 1,000 cases reported in the state.