A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.
Nevada
The Las Vegas Review-Journal owner and majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp. will be a major backer of the Preserve America super PAC.
Nevada’s 13,000 home care workers could see big increases to minimum wage and reimbursement rates under legislative proposals presented.
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.
Seven cases have been detected in Nevada of a coronavirus strain thought to be contributing to the catastrophic surge of COVID-19 in India.
State officials say the surge is expected, but they aren’t sure if vaccination might dampen it or whether hospitalizations or deaths will rise as a consequence.
The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on Thursday released new guidance and information on what claimants will need to do in order to receive jobless aid.
Nevada is fighting coronavirus variants through genetic sequencing, using the data for contact tracing to slow their spread and, soon, to aid the development of new vaccines.
Gov. Steve Sisolak joined gaming and hospitality industry leaders in urging more people to get vaccinated.
New cases were higher than the two-week moving average of new cases, which increased to 271 per day. The new report pushed the state’s case total to 313,680.
Visitations will be kept at a “limited capacity, and visiting hours will vary at each institution, the Department of Corrections said Tuesday.
The state is warning Nevadans about scammers trying to sell fake COVID-19 vaccination cards.
The state is rolling out a new advertising campaign to convince more Nevadans to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
The woman, who has “not recovered” according to federal health officials, is one of six under investigation nationwide in connection with Johnson Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.