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Carson City, Quad area COVID-19 Thursday briefing: 24 new cases, 5 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 6:30pmCarson City Health and Human Services reports Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 that there are 24 new cases and 5 additional recoveries in the Quad county region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,563, with 1,364 recoveries and 19 deaths; 180 cases remain active.
Carson City, Quad area COVID-19 Wednesday briefing: 23 new cases, 22 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 6:14pmCarson City Health and Human Services reports Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 that there are 23 new cases and 22 additional recoveries in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,539, with 1,359 recoveries and 19 deaths; 161 cases remain active.
Carson City region COVID-19 Tuesday briefing: 2 deaths, 23 new cases, and 21 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 6:06pmCarson City Health and Human Services is reporting Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 two additional deaths due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region.
Carson City, Quad area COVID-19 Monday report: 13 new cases, 10 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 6:08pmCarson City Health and Human Services is reporting 13 new cases and 10 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. This brings the total number of cases to 1,493, with 1,316 recoveries and 17 deaths, 160 cases remain active.
Largest single day COVID-19 spike reported in the Quad-County area with 37 new cases
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 6:04pmCarson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting thirty-seven new cases and four additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,453, with 1,277 recoveries and 17 deaths, 159 cases remain active.
Quad-County COVID-19 Update: Twenty-Three New Cases and Five Recoveries
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 6:02pmCarson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting twenty-three new cases and five additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,416, with 1,273 recoveries and 17 deaths, 126 cases remain active.
Quad-County COVID-19 Update: Nineteen New Cases and Eleven Recoveries; 108 cases active
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 6:13pmCarson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting nineteen new cases and eleven additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,393, with 1,268 recoveries and 17 deaths, 108 cases remain active.
Quad-County COVID-19 Update for Oct. 6: Thirteen New Cases and Seven Recoveries
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 6:05pmCarson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting thirteen new cases and seven additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,374, with 1,257 recoveries and 17 deaths, 100 cases remain active.
17th COVID-19 death reported in the Quad-County area
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 7:51amCarson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting an additional death to due COVID-19, nine new cases, and eight additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region.
Quad-County COVID-19 Update: Six New Cases and Two Recoveries brings total to 1,338
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 6:04pmCarson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting six new cases and two additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,338, with 1,224 recoveries and sixteen deaths, 98 cases remain active.
Carson City, Quad county COVID-19 Thursday update: 9 new cases, 2 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 6:04pmCarson City Health and Human Services is reporting nine new cases and two additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. This brings the total number of cases to 1,332, with 1,222 recoveries and 16 deaths, 94 cases remain active.
Carson City, Quad area COVID-19 Wednesday briefing: 19 new cases, 10 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 09/30/2020 - 6:08pmCarson City Health and Human Services is reporting 19 new cases and 10 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. This brings the total number of cases to 1,323, with 1,220 recoveries and 16 deaths, 87 cases remain active.
Quad County, Carson City COVID-19 Tuesday update: 7 new cases, 12 recoveries
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 09/29/2020 - 6:12pmCarson City Health and Human Services is reporting Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 that there are seven new cases and 12 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 1,304, with 1,210 recoveries and sixteen deaths, 78 cases remain active.
Greater Nevada Credit Union contributes $30,000 to Fire Disaster Relief
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 8:38pmCARSON CITY — To assist with disaster relief during this devastating fire season, Greater Nevada Credit Union has donated $30,000 to three different credit unions coordinating relief efforts in California and Oregon. Rogue Credit Union Foundation in Medford, Ore.; Redwood Credit Union Community Fund in Santa Rosa, Calif.; and Sierra Central Credit Union in Yuba City, Calif. will each receive $10,000 to assist with ongoing relief efforts.
Carson City health office to combine drive-thru COVID-19 testing, flu vaccination events
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 12:12pmCarson City Health and Human Services will be combining drive-thru COVID-19 testing and flu vaccination events for Quad County residents in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties. Residents can choose to receive a flu vaccine and/or a COVID-19 test at each event from the comfort of their vehicle. No appointments or reservations needed.
Nevada governor signs COVID liability bill granting protections to many Nevada businesses
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 4:11pmGov. Steve Sisolak signed a bill on Tuesday that shields most Nevada businesses from “frivolous lawsuits” related to COVID-19 — a measure backed by some of the state’s most influential political voices including the tourism and gaming industry and the Culinary Union, but opposed by progressive groups and the entities that were left out.
Nevada special session closes, lawmakers pass COVID liability bill exempting hospitals, schools
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/06/2020 - 6:28amLawmakers ended the second special session of the summer shortly after midnight on Wednesday after passing a heavily lobbied bill that shields many businesses from COVID-19-related lawsuits but ultimately exempted school districts, hospitals and other health care facilities from receiving the additional protections.
Budget bill passes Nevada Assembly with bipartisan support, amendment allocating $50M to education
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/19/2020 - 1:25pmThe Assembly approved an omnibus budget bill a second time Sunday morning, this time with an amendment allocating tens of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief funding toward boosting alternative education strategies during the pandemic, winning over several Republican lawmakers who opposed the proposal 15 hours earlier.
Sisolak announces statewide public school closures until April to reduce coronavirus spread
Submitted by admin on Sun, 03/15/2020 - 3:22pmGov. Steve Sisolak has ordered temporary closures for schools across the state, the most drastic step yet taken by Nevada authorities to limit spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Different unions, different ideas on health coverage
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 2:00amNationally, health care has consistently ranked as one of voters’ top concerns in the 2020 election. Nonetheless, the disagreement between two of Nevada's major unions going into the presidential caucuses reflects the fact that organized labor here has not coalesced behind …
What role will unions play in the 2020 presidential election?
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/20/2019 - 2:00amThe largest 2020 presidential campaign event so far in Nevada was inexorably tied to organized labor.
Boomers’ Sad Overall Legacy to Children (Opinion)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 6:02amThis is my final column on the sad legacy we Boomers are leaving our children.
The first one defined the public interest as mainly maximizing economic growth. That piece and the next showed that the economic policies, practices and institutions that maximize growth also promote fairness among individuals. They also debunked obsessions with income inequality. The third part focused on the 21st Century revival of progressivism and statist liberalism, plus the addition of political correctness (PC).
Here I offer directions for some solutions.
Nevada Public Employee Retirement System Problems (Opinion)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 9:16amThis is the sixth in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for fiscal year 2018 (FY18).
The first two columns showed that since FY06 state spending has grown faster than Nevada’s economy, thus imposing an ever-larger real burden on Nevada families and businesses, whose real per-capita incomes are lower now than in FY06. The next two analyses reviewed spending on health and social services and on K-12 education, the two largest budget items by far and the only major areas on which spending has grown faster than Nevada’s economy.
Nevada Public Employee Unions and Compensation (Opinion)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/02/2019 - 10:06pmThis is the fifth in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for fiscal year 2018 (FY18).
The first two columns showed that since FY06 state spending has grown faster than Nevada’s economy, thus imposing an ever-larger real burden on Nevada families and businesses, whose real per-capita incomes are lower now than in FY06. The other two analyses reviewed spending on health and social services and on K-12 education, the two largest budget items by far and the only major areas on which spending has grown faster than Nevada’s economy.
State K-12 Spending Up, Results Not Improved (Opinion)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 11:14amThis is the fourth in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report for fiscal year 2018 (FY18).
The first two columns showed that since FY06 state spending has grown faster than Nevada’s economy, thus imposing an ever-larger real burden on Nevada families and businesses, whose real incomes are lower now than in FY06. The third one noted Health and Social Services spending, the largest budget item, has grown most rapidly by far, driven greatly by federal health care mandates and funding.
Nevada Controller's annual report for K-12 education spending and results (OPINION)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 11:27amPrimary and secondary education (K-12) has been the second fastest growing category of Nevada state spending over the past decade, rising from $1.24-billion in fiscal year 2006 (FY06) to $2.22-billion in FY17. It grew 33 percent faster than the incomes of Nevada families and businesses.
John Bullis Column: Do You Need a Trust or Just a Will?
Submitted by editor on Wed, 08/01/2018 - 10:15amEach person has an estate. It can be large or small. It includes all of your personal property, money, bank accounts, retirement accounts, insurance policies and real estate that you own.
Credit unions controlled by membership, not stockholders
Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/03/2017 - 9:03pmGNCU, which is headquartered in Carson City, also began in 1949 and was originally chartered to serve state employees. Today, GNCU has 64,000 members in Northern Nevada doing businesses in 15 branches with $825 million in assets. Today, anyone living or working in Nevada can join. Changes ...
An Attempt to Make Sense of Politics Today – Part II
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 08/30/2017 - 11:50amIn our last column, we discussed the Civil Rights movement that hugely changed America in the 20th Century and greatly redeemed the failure of our Founding (allowing slavery) and the Democrat and KKK legacy of bigotry, oppression and discrimination known as Jim Crow.
We pointed out that government, plus the social, economic and political Establishment, was the enforcer of slavery and Jim Crow. And that the reforms overshot their mark, leading to pernicious reverse discrimination that now travels under the euphemism of diversity.
Less than a week before next deadline, lawmakers pass bills on unions, pot and education
Submitted by editor on Tue, 05/23/2017 - 1:34pmWith less than a week until the next deadline and two weeks until the session must end, lawmakers are preparing to spend hours working diligently through floor sessions to pass hundreds of bills.