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.
The new sites at Texas Station in North Las Vegas and Fiesta Henderson are capable of administering 40,000 tests a day, five days a week.
The Clark County School District next week will consider creating a policy that would require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“We’ve got to be really careful protecting individual cases,” Clark County schools superintendent says of the decision to withhold the figures.
Lamping Elementary School will operate under distance education from Tuesday through Aug. 27 due to “multiple individuals” testing positive, Principal Robert Solomon said.
Jullie Hoggan, 49, has largely lived in isolation and apart from her family since a kidney transplant last year left her with a suppressed immune system.
Documents show the health insurance trust that covers Clark County teachers was $43 million in debt as of February — the first indication of the scope of the deficit.
The health district’s chief health officer says about 50 percent of eligible Clark County residents 16 and older has received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Clark County has set a threshold of 60 percent before fully reopening.
Between 4,500 and 5,000 appointments were booked for Tuesday at a mass vaccination site in downtown Las Vegas, less than its 7,000 capacity.
Local governments are calling back employees to full-time, in-person work, offering one sign that normalcy is slowly returning to the public sector.
Some pre-kindergarten through third-grade students returned to school Monday for a first day of instruction like no other.