Early voting for the June 11 primary begins Saturday and ends June 7. Here’s what your ballot might look like if you’re a nonpartisan voter.
Nevada
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor of the initiative petition that would require citizens to present photo identification to vote.
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has an exemption that most other law enforcement does not. That, experts say, prevents transparency and accountability in overseeing the state’s top industry.
The Property and Environment Research Center released a report finding annual adoptions of wild horses and burros have more than doubled since the adoption incentive program began five years ago.
Nevada signed a $28.4 million contract to hire hundreds of workers in June, paid with federal CARES Act relief funds.
The seven-day average for newly reported COVID-19 cases is now 2,019, more than double the number earlier this month.
The state’s seven-day average of new cases also surpassed 1,000 for the first time since August, and hospitalizations across the state continued to climb.
In an emergency meeting Thursday, a state virus task force approved an indefinite extension to a Washoe County directive limiting the size of gatherings.
Health officials for months have declined to identify specific spreading events or case clusters in Southern Nevada beyond nursing homes and other licensed facilities.
Federal data released June 1 showed 126 COVID-19 deaths in the state’s nursing homes. As of Tuesday morning, state officials had reported only 92.
Since mid-March, local governments across the Las Vegas Valley have suspended more than 25 such contracts.