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Clark County and Las Vegas ramp up punitive policies toward ...
3 days ago · As homeless rates in Southern Nevada have skyrocketed, both Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have recently taken more punitive measures to criminalize the unhoused for sleeping in public. Clark County voted 6-1 last week to prohibit unhoused folks from camping and sleeping in a public right-of-way. Under the ordinance, which goes into ...
With several races still in the air, Clark provides update on vote ...
Nov 6, 2024 · Nevada was largely caught in the national red wave Tuesday, but the fate of several local and congressional races is still up in the air. Final results for the state may depend on thousands of outstanding votes still being counted in Clark County. On Wednesday afternoon, Clark County election officials said 54,000 Election Day drop-off […]
Like its urban counterpart, rural homelessness increasing in Nevada
2 days ago · The increase mirrored trends in Nevada’s urban counties – Clark and Washoe – where rates of homelessness have likewise increased. The rural count tallied 439 adults experiencing homelessness across the 15 rural counties during its 2024 PIT count. About three-fourths of them – 348 people – were unsheltered at the time, while 91 were in ...
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Nov 6, 2024 · Presidential race too close to call in Nevada. BY: Hugh Jackson - November 5, 2024. Though he won the 270 electoral college votes nationwide to secure the presidency, the presidential race in Nevada had yet to be callled as of Wednesday morning. Trump had 51.4% of the vote, to Harris’ 47.1%, with an estimated 75% of ballots had counted.
Election 2024 Archives - Nevada Current
6 days ago · Decision 2024. Nevadans will make their voices heard in the election this year. This year’s ballot includes the presidential race, competitive U.S. Senate and House races, dozens of legislative races, and seven ballot measures. Here you’ll find all of the Current’s coverage of this year’s elections.
End of early in person voting leaves Nevada Democrats with a lot …
Nov 2, 2024 · Of 483,171 mail ballots received as of Friday, 40.2% were sent by Democrats, 30.3% by Republicans, and 29.4% by others. Of the slightly more than one million total votes – mail and early in person – reported cast during the early voting period, Republicans accounted for 38.4% to Democrats 33.6% and 28% for the nonpartisans/other parties.
Politics + Government Archives - Nevada Current
Oct 24, 2024 · Nevada voters reject open primaries, ranked choice voting system. BY: April Corbin Girnus - November 5, 2024. Nevada voters rejected a proposed move to an open primary and ranked choice voting election system, a reversal from two years ago when they supported it. As of late Tuesday, unofficial election results showed 57% in support and 43% opposed.
Report tackles state’s deep-rooted health care problems
Feb 29, 2024 · Nevada’s first-ever statewide “health improvement plan” examines inadequacies that have long bedeviled the state, and makes several policy recommendations designed to improve the health of Nevadans. The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health released the plan in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health Tuesday. The Silver State Health Improvement
New NV transmission line will slash energy costs, says White House
Oct 31, 2023 · Cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity may be in Nevada’s future after the White House vowed to deliver the largest electric grid infrastructure investment in U.S. history. On Monday, the White House announced $1.3 billion in new federal funding to create three new, massive electrical transmission lines in the Southwest and New England.