Las Vegas City Attorney Rebecca Wolfson has raised more than $340,000 in a race for Municipal Court, out fundraising all other judicial candidates in the upcoming primary elections.
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
The lawsuit was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is squeezing out smaller promoters and hurting artists.
With the campaign season in full swing, 10 hopefuls pitched their vision for the city’s future to at the “Meet the Candidates” forum in the west valley.
Clark County will likely challenge a district court judge’s decision in the ongoing litigation with Gypsum Resources to the state Supreme Court.
To target the socioeconomically disadvantaged community, public health officials used a senior center membership roster to fill appointments at the “pop-up” immunization site.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara began his annual State of the Schools speech on Friday by focusing on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures have had on the mental health of students and staff.
The city is the first Southern Nevada jurisdiction to announce eligibility for that age group, with shots scheduled to begin next week for residents only.
People seeking a coronavirus vaccine may have to wait for months to get it, according to an adviser to the White House COVID-19 response task force.
The new briefings, beginning just a week into the president’s tenure, are meant as an explicit rejection of his predecessor’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak.
“If it doesn’t get fixed, it’s going to get worse,” said Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who blamed a cumbersome bureaucratic process for creating a delay in delivery of vaccines.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for more vaccine, with local and federal officials echoing the call.
While some Clark County educators received their first doses of the vaccine last week, many others met with disappointment during a confusing rollout.
President Joe Biden has unveiled a stimulus package that would give Americans another $1,400 in relief checks, extend federal unemployment past March and increase the current amount of $300 per week to $400 in unemployment aid.
The Cashman Center will be closed for COVID-19 vaccinations through the weekend, but new appointments will be available soon, officials announced Thursday.