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Selections & reflections from the Nevada Current staff on a year that … could have been worse?
Note: As we do near the end of every year, each writer on the Nevada Current staff took a little time to highlight some of their work from the year, and say whatever they wanted to say about it. I wrote one of my favorite stories of 2022 early on. In February, I attended a […]
2022 General Election Voter Guide!
Below are links to overviews and other coverage of select Southern Nevada and statewide races that will be on the 2022 general election ballot. We have deliberately focused mostly on down-ballot and especially non-partisan races. Those contests for judges, school board and the like often get little attention and can be the most puzzling to […]
2022 Primary Election Voter Guide
Below are links to overviews and other coverage of select Southern Nevada and statewide races that will be on the June primary ballot this year. We have deliberately focused mostly on down-ballot and especially non-partisan races. Those contests for judges, school board and the like often get little attention and can be the most puzzling […]
Selections & reflections from the Nevada Current staff on a year everyone hoped would go better
Note: Each writer on the Nevada Current staff was asked to highlight some of their work from the year, and say whatever they wanted to say about it. The other day I scrolled upon a lie-laden Facebook post attempting to discredit the polio vaccine, presumably because the polio vaccine is proof of the effectiveness of […]
Don’t panic, Nevada renters told after evictions ban struck down
“Nevadans should not panic,” a legal aid advocate said after the U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday struck down a Centers for Disease Control moratorium on evictions that had been scheduled to last through Oct. 3. “Apply for rental assistance, respond to all eviction notices by filing an ‘Answer’ with the court, include that you have […]
Following updated CDC guidance, Nevada re-ups indoor mask mandate in most counties
As of midnight Thursday, most of Nevada, including Clark and Washoe counties, will again have a mask mandate. The state announced the resumption of the mandate in keeping with Tuesday’s updated federal recommendations urging Americans in counties with high surges in COVID-19 infections to once again wear masks when they are in public, indoor settings […]
After CDC says vaxxed can (mostly) ditch masks, NV businesses told it’s up to them
Following the CDC’s guidance that fully vaccinated people needn’t wear masks in most indoors situations, Nevada officials declared that mask requirements in casinos and other businesses will be left up to the businesses. The state “neither requires nor prohibits private entities from confirming vaccination status of individuals,” officials added in the statement issued from the […]
Nevada grew faster than most, but not enough for a new House seat
After three of the last four census counts, Nevada picked up a new congressional seat. But not this time, even though Nevada’s population, now officially at more than 3.1 million, had the nation’s fifth highest growth between 2010 and 2020 on a percentage basis. The Census Bureau announced state populations according to last year’s census, […]
Amodei votes to protect immigrant farmworkers, but not Dreamers
Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei was among 30 House Republicans voting with all the Democrats Thursday on a bill to give legal status to undocumented agricultural workers. However, earlier in the day Amodei was not among the nine Republicans voting with Democrats to provide a pathway to citizenship to immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for […]
A wretched year: The Nevada Current’s staff looks back on 2020
Note: Each writer on the Nevada Current staff was asked to highlight some of their work from this atrocious year, and say whatever they wanted to say about it. We did this same thing at the end of 2019, which was our first full year of publication. If we do the same thing at the […]
Legal Aid issues FAQs sheet on new eviction moratorium
To avoid confusion around the new eviction moratorium, which went into effect Tuesday, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada is trying to inform tenants about qualifying for the protections. Thursday, the nonprofit issued a fact sheet of answers to frequently asked questions which is reproduced below: How does Nevada’s new eviction ban impact […]
Voter Guide 2020
We have deliberately focused on down-ballot and especially non-partisan races. Those contests for judges, school board and the like often get little attention and can be the most puzzling to voters.