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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 number of out-of-state patients traveling to Southern Nevada to receive an abortion has doubled since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.
Nevada officials say the company is evading state regulations by making quick stops in California without picking up customers during trips to Las Vegas.
Planned Parenthood had said it expects its abortion volumes to increase by 80 percent — or by 10,000 patients — in Southern Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico.
Two Nevada lawmakers have filed bipartisan legislation in the Senate and House that would increase access to doctors, clinicians and specialists in the state and elsewhere.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s medical advisory team isn’t discussing lifting the mandate; Las Vegas mayor says it’s time and that “the public is not stupid.”
Hospitalizations are rising at the same time large numbers of health care workers are getting ill and missing work, the Nevada Hospital Association said Wednesday.
New cases were well above the 14-day moving average, which increased by four to 328. Deaths were more than three times the moving average, which held steady at four fatalities per day.
Deaths from the disease caused by the new coronavirus hold steady in latest report, while hospitalizations tick down by one.
Updated data from the Department of Health and Human Services pushed the state’s totals to 362,275 cases and 5,979 deaths.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday continued to encourage — and times pleaded with — Nevadans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, announcing steps being taken to avoid shutdowns and mandates.