COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
MGM Resorts International will be “operating differently” when its properties reopen, according to a Tuesday video from Acting CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle.
With demand for crude oil continuing to dip amid stay-at-home mandates, retail gas prices have also fallen.
Thousands of small-business owners reeling from the aggressive measures taken to halt the spread of the coronavirus may have had their personal information exposed last month.
Luxury and JCK Las Vegas, which had originally been scheduled for late May and early June, had an indefinite postponement date that’s now pushed back to June 2021.
With the travel industry devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, Allegiant Air expects to receive more than $170 million in payroll support funds from the federal government.
Las Vegas labor unions are calling for stronger protections and personal protective equipment for all front-line workers in Nevada.
“As morbid as this is, (the shutdown) has been good for business,” Las Vegas area attorney Michael Cahill said.
Even with all the chaos in the oil markets, some signs of economic activity on the horizon were poking through elsewhere.
Nevada construction employment growth led the nation last month with another Southwestern state, even as the coronavirus pandemic started shutting down the economy and hard hats lost jobs around the U.S.
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