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Politics and Government
The PAC behind the initiative, which would require Nevadans to show ID to vote in person, says it has enough signatures to appear on the November ballot.
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’s capital city lost residents last year, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, but the city is disputing the federal agency’s numbers.
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.
Clark County on Monday reported more than 8,100 new cases of COVID-19 over the preceding three days as the omicron-fueled surge of the disease continued unabated.
Coinciding flu and COVID-19 surges could overwhelm hospital emergency rooms in the Las Vegas Valley and elsewhere, health officials say.
UMC infectious disease doctor hails the Pfizer pill’s authorization as “hands down, next to the vaccine, the most significant milestone in the pandemic.”
Officials consider whether to ramp up test effort after UNLV site is overwhelmed when it reopens after weeklong closure.
The high court’s announcement Wednesday that it will hear arguments in the cases Jan. 7 comes amid rising coronavirus cases and is an extraordinarily fast timeline.
Following a Legislative Commission decision Tuesday not to approve a permanent COVID-19 vaccination mandate, schools began removing holds on student registrations.
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for hospitals and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts.
Key COVID-19 metrics for Nevada are expected to rise over the holiday season, but it remains unclear how the omicron variant could alter the “impact and magnitude” of the surge.
The federal lawsuit filed this week argues that both the vaccination mandate and a requirement that unvaccinated workers be tested for COVID-19 are unconstitutional.
Initially plagued by scarce supply and high demand, the state and local public health drive morphed into a well-oiled machine — but one with abundant doses and too few takers.
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