Precautions are being taken as high temperatures are forecast for today’s rally by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Sunset Park in Las Vegas.
Politics and Government
More than 208,000 Nevadans participated in either early voting or submitted a mail ballot as of Friday morning, according to data from the secretary of state’s office.
Antisemitism will be officially defined in the Nevada System of Higher Education handbook, the state’s Board of Regents ruled.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee would put the weight of the federal government behind efforts to prosecute criminals taking part in organized retail theft.
Until recently, Las Vegas mayoral candidate Irina Hansen had never aspired to run for office.
New cases of COVID-19 continued to climb in Clark County over the preceding three days, a course reversal that could signal another surge of the disease is beginning.
New cases, deaths, hospitalizations and positivity rate all dropped from the prior week, though the descent in the new cases rate slowed.
State data posted Tuesday showed 137 new cases of COVID-19 — the lowest one-day gain in nearly three months — and no new deaths over the preceding day.
Both the Southern Nevada Health District and the state Department of Health and Human Services reported new case totals that were well below averages of the past week.
Both figures were below the daily averages of the preceding week, according to data posted Monday by the Southern Nevada Health District.
The Southern Nevada Health District recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases in the county and eight additional deaths in the past day, according to data posted Friday.