Health Director Amy Acton declared a health emergency that would prevent the polls from opening out of fear of exposing voters and volunteer poll workers — many of them elderly — to the virus. Arizona, Florida and Illinois were proceeding with their presidential primaries.
“My hope is that the private industry rises to the top, that they’re allowed to stay open and take care of these families that are paycheck to paycheck,” the mayor said.
Attorneys Karl Armstrong, Craig Friedberg, Jasmin Lilly-Spells and Jim Sweetin are vying to replace Clark County District Judge Stefany Miley, who is stepping down.
A special session may be convened by the governor or by a petition backed by two-thirds of legislators.
Senators scrambled back to empty halls in the Capitol on Monday to continue work on House-passed legislation to provide economic relief and testing kits for the coronavirus that has shut down the nation.
The city of Reno will order bars, restaurants, gyms and other “nonessential” businesses to begin winding down operations Tuesday morning.
Offices of the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services were closed Monday due to the novel coronavirus, but officials indicated they would reopen Tuesday morning.
Dramatic restrictions at the Regional Justice Center took effect on Monday in Las Vegas because of the coronavirus, but criminal arraignments continued.
President Trump asked Americans to follow new guidelines to fight the COVID-19 outbreak for the next 15 days and suggested the U.S. may be dealing with the virus until “July or August.”
Clark County has canceled its Commission meetings through the remainder of the month “out of an abundance of caution” amid the coronavirus outbreak.
