Biden administration unveils boost to state COVID-19 vaccine shipments
WASHINGTON - Amid frustrations at the slow pace of the national COVID-19 vaccination effort, President Joe Biden says his administration is boosting the number...
Housing coalition eyes bills tackling renter discrimination, affordability
Banning discrimination against renters based on their source of income. Authorizing local government to preserve or expand affordable housing. Making the process for sealing...
Sisolak rejects 80 percent seizure from inmate accounts in favor of half
Nevada prisons will no longer seize 80 percent of the money deposited for inmates by families and friends. Instead, the state will take half...
With nation’s lowest vaccination rate, Nevada relying on Biden COVID plans
At least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to 129,223 Nevadans as of Monday morning. That's 4,195 doses per 100,000 Nevadans,...
County holds memorial ceremony for Covid victims
Sixty-nine-year-old Daniel Scully became Clark County’s first reported Covid-19 death March 15, just days after the state announced its first coronavirus cases.
As of Tuesday,...
Biden rolls out massive ‘Rescue Plan’
People would get another $1,400 in direct payments, in addition to the $600 Congress approved last month, under a sweeping proposal for economic and...
Vaccine distribution fraught with uncertainty
Nevadans age 70 and older are now eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, as are essential frontline personnel such as teachers, government employees, hospitality and...
Shot in the arm? 1 in 4 COVID vaccines administered in Nevada
Nevada is slightly lagging the U.S. in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, but not alone when it comes to economically ravaged states struggling to regain...
Nevada to receive $477 million in relief funding to help K-12 schools reopen
The push to return students to physical classrooms has received a boost from the federal government.
Nevada is set to receive $477 million in pandemic...
Demand for food assistance strains state agency
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity in Nevada has grown, as has the number of people applying for food assistance programs,...