Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Las Vegas on Friday following the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Nevada
State and national Democrats are leading a lawsuit that seeks to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from appearing on Nevada’s presidential ballot, citing state law.
The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office says the family of Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks will host a Celebration of Life in his memory in Reno next week.
A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Regent Donald McMichael made comments at a Nevada System of Higher Education board meeting this month that many considered antisemitic.
Nevada will receive 42 percent fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week, one of 13 states reporting that their expected second shipments have been reduced by the federal government.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday said that he will be announcing new measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the state “very soon.”
The Nevada Hospital Association on Tuesday warned that “current strategies are not successfully minimizing the spread of serious disease,” according to a statement.
Nevada on Friday reported 501 new cases of the coronavirus and 18 more fatalities, according to state data, pushing the infection rate slightly higher.
The new data pushed the number of confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the state to 62,639, while the death toll reached 1,102.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced it would be temporarily shutting down the UInv website, call centers and JobConnect websites for maintenance from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The longtime government official will be overseeing federal funds and coordinating disease response among state and local agencies.
The Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee voted along party lines to transfer all $401 million from the state’s rainy day fund to the general fund to offset the financial crisis triggered by the coronavirus.
The new cases brought the total for the county to 5,463, while the death toll remained unchanged at 296, according to data posted by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Federal courts in Nevada are planning to incrementally resume in-person hearings, the chief judge for the district announced Monday.
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