A snapshot of the emerging rescue package in Congress to provide healthcare and economic aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and national shutdown.
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Two more patients in Clark County with COVID-19 have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the state and in Nevada’s most populous county to four.
The IOC’s move seemed inevitable for weeks with pressure mounting from all quarters, including more than 200 national Olympic committees and international sports federations.
Flight operations will be at reduced levels for a fifth-straight day Monday in Las Vegas as McCarran International Airport’s air traffic control tower remains closed.
The Hawaiian government issued a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving to the islands beginning Thursday.
The Academy of Country Music Awards had been set for April 5 at the MGM Grand Garden arena.
All told, hundreds of thousands of Nevadans work in industries now rocked by sweeping closures – and that doesn’t account for all the people in other sectors that feed off them.
The Clark County School District can’t guarantee an education to all students during school closures despite a state mandate to do so, Superintendent Jesus Jara said Monday.
One-fifth of the world’s population were urged or ordered to stay home Monday to try to blunt the spread of the coronavirus.
The Las Vegas Strip remains largely an empty space from one end to the other. Doors are locked. Traffic is minimal.
Stocks fell about 3% on Wall Street Monday as Congress hit another roadblock in talks to inject nearly $2 trillion into the economy.
At the Capitol, tempers flared and emotions were raw as senators wrangled over critically needed aid. Democrats blocked another vote to advance the package, trying to steer more of the assistance to public health and workers..
Hospitals asked, residents delivered. Masks are being made and donated to hospitals throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Advocacy groups are calling for governments to forgo these payments as the response to the coronavirus’ spread causes people to lose their jobs.
Recovery and sobriety groups across the Las Vegas Valley also have had to adapt to mass closures and shutdowns amid the spread of the coronavirus.