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.
Pent-up demand to visit Las Vegas has boosted optimism for a strong recovery and underscored the pressing need to following ensure thousands of jobs are filled in casinos.
The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on Thursday released new guidance and information on what claimants will need to do in order to receive jobless aid.
The nonprofit HELP of Southern Nevada is seeking the public’s help in fundraising and donations to expand its diaper and baby care services to more valley families.
Local anti-homeless groups and tenant advocates applauded the move Monday, but a representative for a Nevada apartment association called the move “devastating” for struggling landlords.
Many leaders agree it will take several years before demand for services level off. Many organizations partnered to help the needy during the pandemic.
The moratoriums, which have helped thousands of Nevadans stay in their homes, are set to expire in less than a week unless protections are extended.
Jobless Nevada gig workers and independent contractors will now be required to provide identification verification as part of the unemployment filing process.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund, part of the $1.9 trillion package signed into law last week by President Joe Biden, will provide $28.6 billion in grants for restaurants hit hard by the pandemic.
UNLV researchers found 28 percent of valley seniors are food insecure before the pandemic. Now, they’re nervous that a study conducted last year may show the problem is now worse.
Since the pandemic, the number of Southern Nevadans who can’t afford enough food for themselves or their children surged.
With President Joe Biden’s signature Thursday on the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the IRS will begin sending payments to eligible taxpayers as early as this weekend, officials said.
A Massachusetts man was charged with allegedly using a stolen identity to fraudulently claim unemployment benefits from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
A Las Vegas-based company is working to provide free prescription deliveries to help seniors and those immunocompromised across Southern Nevada get the medicine they need amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Las Vegas Valley business, banking and city leaders say targeting more federal pandemic assistance to the nation’s smallest businesses and ventures is a welcome move.
“We know how important these extended benefits are to Nevadans and ensuring they receive them is our number one priority,” Elisa Cafferata, director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said in a release Friday.
