Amid an increase in fatal and non-fatal overdoses — including many caused by fentanyl misuse — Gov. Steve Sisolak and state health officials are creating a statewide task force focused on reducing and responding to the issue. The Joint Advisory Task Force will determine how to reduce the risk of overdose, prepare the state and local jurisdictions… [Read More]
With Stewart Indian School’s complicated and traumatic history, finding justice is a long road
Editor’s Note: For listeners who might be sensitive, this story contains subject material that relates to the erasure of communities through systematic means – and while not explicitly featuring children, does include how they navigated traumas that might still be very real for some. Last year, the Department of Interior began investigating the traumatic legacy… [Read More]
César Chávez Day in Nevada: His legacy and the ongoing struggles of laborers
In 1962, Reno resident and activist Dolores Feemster sat in a small cafe on the corner of South Virginia Street and Plumb Lane and had a conversation with a man named César Chávez. Years later, when recounting this tale, Feemster could not remember why Chávez had come to speak with her—just that he was looking… [Read More]
Sisolak: Nevada to spend big on housing, broadband via federal funds
Gov. Steve Sisolak on February 23, 2022, laid out plans for how Nevada will spend nearly $2 billion in federal pandemic relief money to confront some of the state’s most pressing issues, namely scarce affordable housing, incomplete broadband connectivity and poor access to child care. The governor, in a rare, off-cycle State of the State address at… [Read More]
Governor lifts Nevada mask mandate effective immediately, points to case drops
Nevadans can shed their face masks today, as the state lifts its mandate days ahead of an expected busy Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas. The shift — announced by Gov. Steve Sisolak during a Thursday morning press conference — follows suit with other Democrat-led states easing pandemic mitigation measures amid a nationwide decline in COVID-19 cases. In… [Read More]
State orders half million at-home COVID-19 test kits amid Omicron surge
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced during a state press call this afternoon that 588,216 FlowFlex antigen home test kits, covered by federal COVID-19 relief funds, will arrive in Nevada by the end of the month. “We know that Nevadans want easy and convenient access to COVID-19 testing from the comfort of their own home,” Sisolak said. The test… [Read More]
Sisolak announces COVID-19 vaccine incentive program with $1 million grand prize
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced on Thursday a new state-run incentive program that will award some $5 million in prizes — including a $1 million grand prize — to Nevada residents who get the COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement of the program, called “Vax Nevada Days,” comes as the state lags behind President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of adults at… [Read More]
Nevada to open at 100 percent capacity by June 1
Gov. Steve Sisolak is lifting a statewide social distancing requirement on May 1 that he says will enable every county in Nevada to reopen to 100 percent by the beginning of June. Final decisions about whether to go to 100 percent will, however, remain in the hands of counties as the state prepares to hand the pandemic… [Read More]
All Nevadans 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting April 5
Read in Spanish: Nevadenses a partir de los 16 años serán elegibles para la vacuna COVID-19 desde el 5 de abril All Nevadans who want the COVID-19 vaccine will be eligible to get it in less than three weeks, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced on Wednesday. The governor, at a press conference in Carson City, said that all… [Read More]
Sisolak unveils 75-day plan that eases capacity limits, transfer decision-making to local entities
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced on Thursday that he is loosening some COVID-19 restrictions for the first time since November — and will hand off almost all of the health and safety-related decision-making to local jurisdictions in May. Starting Monday, capacity limits for indoor establishments will be lifted to 35 percent, for restaurants, places of worship, gyms and… [Read More]
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