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Hispanic Heritage Month: Latinos in Nevada have much to celebrate, but still face challenges (opinion)

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September 15 kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month. What should normally be a joyous month filled with festivities has been marred by COVID-19 and the somber fact that the virus has disproportionately affected Latinos in Nevada (and elsewhere). Latinos now account for 45 percent of COVID-19 cases in the Silver State. Additionally, Latinos in Nevada have been economically… [Read More]

How to register and vote in Nevada this Election 2020

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2020 has brought many changes, including how some voters choose to cast their ballots in this general election. With registration deadlines quickly approaching, here’s what voters need to know. How to register to vote The first option for someone wanting to register online is to do so on the Nevada Secretary of State’s website, registertovotenv.gov…. [Read More]

Sisolak lifts 50-person limit on gatherings, allowing live entertainment and large events to proceed with restrictions

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Conventions, sporting events with live audiences and large church gatherings will be allowed to resume once again after Gov. Steve Sisolak announced that he is raising the limit on public gatherings from 50 to 250 people — and even higher for some of the state’s largest venues. Sisolak, at a press conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday,… [Read More]

County: ballots will go out the first week of October

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Washoe County today issued a statement about the local voting process after a local campaign consultant urged people to flood the county with complaints.  The claim: ballots were meant to have been sent in September. The Registrar of Voters, Deanna Spikula, said, yes, the county had wanted ballots to go out sooner. The county website… [Read More]

How to vote if you are experiencing homelessness in Washoe County

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Lawmakers in Nevada approved a bill to send every registered voter in the state an absentee ballot ahead of the 2020 election. However, where will one’s ballot be sent if they are experiencing homelessness? KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talked to Heather Carmen, the Assistant Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, about how to send and receive… [Read More]

Election 2020: Question 2, removing same-sex marriage ban from Nevada’s constitution (video)

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Formal name: Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment Type of measure: Legislative resolution to amend the Nevada Constitution Summary of what it does: If approved, this ballot question would overturn an (unenforced and deemed unconstitutional) section of the Nevada Constitution holding that “only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state.” It… [Read More]

Question No. 1, a measure that would strike the Board of Regents from the Nevada Constitution, explained (video)

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Question 1, a referendum on the November ballot in Nevada, would remove language including the Board of Regents from Article 11 of the Nevada Constitution, instead requiring the Legislature to provide by law for the “governance, control, and management and the reasonable protection of individual academic freedom.” The amendment would also clarify certain legal provisions related… [Read More]