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.
Politics and Government
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved giving a 3.5 percent bonus to City Manager Richard Derrick.
Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved Resolution 48, which adds a ballot question asking residents whether they want to fund Fire Department improvements and maintenance.
After a week of decreases in major COVID-19 metrics, a public health official said Thursday that the current omicron-driven surge has peaked in Clark County.
Omicron now accounts for 92 percent of cases in Clark County, according to data from the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday the state had ordered more than a half million at-home COVID-19 tests.
More than one in five residents have now tested positive in both measures as omicron tightens its grip.