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.
In-person voting started for most California counties this weekend as local election officials — many for the first time — opened polling places days early in hopes of avoiding crushing crowds on Election Day.
A spokesman says Vice President Mike Pence will continue with his aggressive campaign schedule after his chief of staff, Marc Short, tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday.
The state of Nevada has fined a Pahrump winery thousands of dollars for COVID-19 safety violations at a September event featuring the son of President Donald Trump.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he would push for a vote as early as this week on a slimmed-down coronavirus stimulus bill.
“I was deeply disheartened and dismayed to see the callous and dangerous behavior displayed last night in Las Vegas,” the governor said of the “Evangelicals for Trump” event.
The Nevada Legislature’s second special session of the summer will start Friday, with lawmakers expected to tackle a litany of issues from reforms on policing and elections to ways to protect workers amid a global pandemic.
Advocacy groups in Nevada plan to call on the state not to return to traditional, in-person voting in November, saying it may discourage some voters from participating.
Primary election turnout so far in the primary election is about 16 percent of active voters statewide, according to figures from the secretary of state. Average statewide primary turnout in the last 10 elections is 23.74 percent.
A worker at the Clark County Election Department’s main office has tested positive for COVID-19.
Joe Biden warned Wednesday that those “tasked with enforcing the law are abusing their powers,” offering a measured critique of the Trump administration a day after he declined to respond to President Donald Trump’s attacks directly.
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funds from Nevada in retaliation for the state’s decision to mail absentee ballots because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Nevadans have been mailing in their primary ballots, but arguments between the left and right over possible voter fraud and disenfranchisement continue.
On Saturday, drivers turned in completed ballots during a mail ballot drop-off parade at the U.S. Post Office on Martin L. King Boulevard in Las Vegas.
The group Fair Maps Nevada, which is circulating an initiative petition to turn the redistricting process over to an independent commission, is suing the state in federal court to get more time and permission to collect signatures electronically.
U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du rejected a request for a preliminary injunction sought by a conservative group that alleged conducting the June 9 primary election by mail could lead to voter fraud.
