Advocates with Make the Road Nevada on Monday called on President Joe Biden’s administration to expand the DACA program.
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Sam Brown criticizes Rosen for voting to require women to sign up for the military draft. There hasn’t been a draft since the Vietnam War.
The deal was met with concern from SEIU Local 1107 members and others who spoke in public comment. Union members rallied in front of the county government building.
Following the Supreme Court ruling overturning a ban on bump stocks, Sen. Jacky Rosen joined in on a bill to ban the gun accessory.
President Joe Biden says that former President Donald Trump pushed for bleach injections during COVID. The problem: He’s wrong.
Nevada on Monday reported that 1,224 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the state, surpassing the peak of the virus’ second wave last summer.
The number of new cases was the highest three-day total since the state halted weekend reporting of COVID-19 data in mid-April.
The 938 new cases and more deaths were accompanied by another rise in the state’s COVID-19 test positivity rate.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 692 new coronavirus cases and six deaths over the preceding day as the state’s COVID-19 test positivity rate continued to increase.
Positivity rate also jumps sharply to 9.5 as deaths remain above two-week moving average.
The new report pushed the state’s totals to 326,878 cases and 5,621 deaths. The two-week moving average of new cases increased slightly to 118.
Nevada’s two-week positivity rate, which essentially tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are found to be infected, dropped slightly to 3.4 percent.
The daily update from the Department of Health and Human Services pushed the state’s case total to 326,366 and the death toll to 5,610.
On a sweltering Pride Month afternoon, Gov. Steve Sisolak was on hand to sign four bills – SB109, SB237, SB275 and SB375 – aimed at improving LGBTQ equity.
Nevada on Tuesday reported a coronavirus test positivity rate of 3.8 percent, its lowest in nearly a year.