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News from April 2022

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Medical Student Overcomes Challenges to Become Advocate For Health Care Equality

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022

To have been homeless and living in a tiny motel room with four other people, to have been married at 16 and divorced at 21, doesn’t seem like the typical background of someone in medical school.

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Splash Pads Now Open

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022

Splash pads are open May 1 through Sept. 30 daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Smith: Biden's student loan forgiveness plan costing Nevadans, Americans '$4.3 billion every month'

By Art Benavidez | Apr 26, 2022

House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith criticized President Joe Biden's recent student debt forgiveness plan, noting that the burden now falls on American taxpayers.

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Electricity prices among rising costs hurting Nevada families

By Art Benavidez | Apr 26, 2022

American households continue to feel the financial hardship of inflation with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting that the price of electricity has increased at its fastest rate since 2008.

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Nevada deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending April 9

By Silver State Times | Apr 26, 2022

Nevada's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending April 9, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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21 people die in Nevada from chronic lower respiratory disease in week ending April 23, 2022

By Silver State Times | Apr 26, 2022

There were 21 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Nevada during the week ending April 23, 2022, a 32.3% decrease from the previous week.

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Nevada: 121 people in 75-84 age group are estimated to have died during week ending April 9

By Silver State Times | Apr 26, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 121 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending April 9.

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Churchill County’s Vaccine, Testing Schedule for May 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 26, 2022

Churchill County continues to offer COVID vaccine and testing opportunities in May 2022 to anyone aged five years and older. Vaccines are offered at both the Miner’s Road Public Health Site and the William N. Pennington Life Center; testing is only offered at Miner’s Road.

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Fact-finding Review for Death of Claiborne Scheduled for May 2

By Press release submission | Apr 26, 2022

The Police Fatality Public Fact-finding Review to look into the circumstances surrounding the death of Douglas Claiborne will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 2, in Commission Chambers at the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway in downtown Las Vegas.

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How many 65-74-year-olds died in Nevada during week ending April 9?

By Silver State Times | Apr 25, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 102 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending April 9.

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16 people die in Nevada from Alzheimer's disease in week ending April 23, 2022

By Silver State Times | Apr 25, 2022

There were 16 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Nevada during the week ending April 23, 2022, a 33.3% increase over the previous week.

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Esmeralda joins Nye in hand-counting of ballots, Mitchell says in rural areas the move is 'likely better'

By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 25, 2022

Esmeralda County last week joined Nye County in dispensing with electronic voting machines in future elections and moving toward hand counting of ballots.

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Sisolak on state’s economy: Nevada ‘a great place to be in business’

By David Beasley | Apr 25, 2022

State Policy Reports once again ranked Nevada as having the best economy in the nation.

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The Auspicious Timing of a Russian History Expert

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022

Without taking sides in an all-too-topical topic, that’s how we say “congratulations” – first in Russian, then Ukrainian – to Paul Werth, a UNLV Russian history professor.

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Violence in Schools

By Press release submission | Apr 25, 2022

It’s been a busy school year for the Clark County School District as thousands of violent incidents have been reported at schools. In the last month three students were arrested in three separate assaults on teachers and staff at Las Vegas valley schools. The school district is taking steps to control the violence, but students and teachers are still feeling unsafe.

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92 people in 45-64 age group in Nevada are estimated to have died during week ending April 9

By Silver State Times | Apr 24, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 92 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending April 9.

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Nevada ranks second in the U.S. for the most taxes, NEC paid in 2021

By Silver State Times | Apr 24, 2022

In 2021, Nevada collected $591.2 million in taxes, NEC, ranking it second in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Nevada deaths did not exceed upper threshold of death expectancy during week ending April 9

By Silver State Times | Apr 24, 2022

Nevada's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending April 9, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Less than 10 people die in Nevada from diabetes mellitus in week ending April 23, 2022

By Silver State Times | Apr 24, 2022

There were less than 10 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Nevada during the week ending April 23, 2022, a decrease from the previous week.

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Nevada ranks eighth in the U.S. for the most severance taxes paid in 2021

By Silver State Times | Apr 23, 2022

In 2021, Nevada collected $278.5 million in severance taxes, ranking it eighth in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).