Republican Senate frontrunner Sam Brown expresses support for Trump’s pledge to not tax service workers’ tips if re-elected.
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John Lee, running for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, filed a complaint against David Flippo’s campaign, who he thinks made a website he says is defamatory. Flippo’s campaign denies any role.
Clark County is expected to reach a settlement agreement in a yearslong legal dispute over a development on Blue Diamond Hill.
In Las Vegas, the former president tries to woo the workers who keep Sin City in businesss, announcing he wants to end taxes on tip income if elected in November.
Las Vegas homebuilding industry leaders are backing an effort to make more land available to improve the balance between housing supply and demand.
Because it can be 14 days before a person exposed to the virus becomes ill, it will be a couple of weeks before any spike occurs associated with holiday gatherings.
The update brings the state totals to 150,527 coronavirus cases and 2,136 deaths since the pandemic began.
There were 2,853 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, along with 24 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ website.
Nevada on Friday reported the highest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths in nearly three months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
At Thursday’s task force meeting, Nevada COVID-19 response director Caleb Cage asked county leaders for recommendations on what action the governor should take.
This is the second time in a week Nevada eclipsed 2,000 new COVID-19 cases.
There were 27 new deaths reported on Tuesday, along with 1,697 additional cases, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website.
The Nevada Republican Party held a news conference Tuesday to announce another lawsuit centered around the GOP’s continued election fraud allegations.
“We are back where we were and we do not have control over COVID,” state biostatistician Kyra Morgan said Thursday at the weekly meeting of the state’s COVID mitigation task force.
A day after Gov. Steve Sisolak implored Nevadans to stay home for two weeks to contain the recent coronavirus spike, the state again reported more than 1,000 new cases.