Preliminary primary election results showed Republican candidate April Becker and Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Alexrod ahead in their respective primaries.
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Mark Robertson, Drew Johnson and John Lee were leading in their respective Republican primary races to face Democratic incumbents in November.
Two of three races for seats on the Las Vegas City Council may have been resolved in Tuesday’s primary election, according to early results.
Two tax measures in North Las Vegas were enjoying strong support in early voting results.
The Associated Press called the Nevada GOP Senate primary race for Army veteran Sam Brown.
Southern Nevada health officials started a new process to identify when fully vaccinated people get COVID-19. It changed the way data was reported.
The data represents where an infected person traveled in the 14 days prior to them becoming symptomatic or getting tested. Cases have been rising since early June.
Dozens of Nevada residents have been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated; two deaths were reported in Clark County.
A trade show in Las Vegas will utilize V-Health Passport, and Clear’s Health Pass is already in use at Golden Knights games.
Nevada recorded more than 5,000 excess deaths after COVID-19 struck, according to a 50-state national study.
COVID-19 vaccine allocations have been based on an aggregation of how many adults lived in each state from 2014 through 2018, not the most recent population data.
Questions have dogged state officials since data showed Nevada consistently ranking near the bottom of lists for both obtaining vaccine doses and putting shots in arms.