“This crime certainly doesn’t have a zip code,” said Bryan Wachter, senior vice president of Retail Association of Nevada, at Rep. Susie Lee’s press conference on Friday where they discusses organized retail crime.
Politics and Government
Until recently, Las Vegas mayoral candidate Irina Hansen had never aspired to run for office.
President Joe Biden has a new plan to secure the border. His track record is not good.
Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an outdoor rally Sunday at Sunset Park. The rally is being held two days before Nevada’s June 11 primary.
The unemployment rate edged up to a still-low 4%, from 3.9%, ending a 27-month streak of unemployment below 4%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Most metrics have been on the rise for months, but the rate of the increase has gone up in recent weeks.
Clark County’s case rate per 100,000 people, another key CDC metric, also increased this week from 86.07 to 110.69.
Clark County saw another jump in COVID-19 metrics this week. Hospitalizations also have increased.
All major COVID-19 metrics increased over the last week in Clark County, according to a weekly report released Wednesday.
COVID-19 metrics held mostly flat in Nevada’s weekly report on Wednesday, with a delayed report of over 300 deaths clogging up most significant figures and affecting raw data totals.
Clark County showed a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases in the state’s weekly update.
The state reported 82 deaths over the preceding week, with data updated through Monday.
On the first day of its new COVID-19 reporting system, Clark County reported a decline in most major metrics.
Clark County on Thursday reported 516 new coronavirus cases and 16 deaths, as long-term metrics declined but daily number inched higher.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed Clark County in the “high” COVID-19 transmission rate on Tuesday.