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Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed personal protective equipment with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response on Thursday.

California adopts nation's first endemic virus policy

Feb 17, 2022
The state's plan sets specific goals, such as stockpiling masks, providing wide-scale daily vaccinations and tests and adding 3,000 medical workers within three weeks in surge areas.
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Shots - Health News
In the 1970s, Vernice Davis Anthony was one of dozens of Detroit public health nurses who regularly fanned out throughout the city, building trust. They visited the home of every new mom and worked in schools, tracking cases of infectious diseases and ma

Detroit Once Tried To Privatize Public Health. Now It's Trying To Rebuild

Aug 06, 2021
With bankruptcy looming in 2012, Detroit largely dismantled its public health department. Years later, that decision offers a cautionary tale to other U.S. cities as the painful rebuilding continues.
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Coronavirus Updates
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week at a Los Angeles medical facility. Coronavirus cases continue to soar in the state as hospitals struggle to keep up with the surge.

California Activates 'Mass Fatality' Program As State Sets New Virus Records

Dec 17, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state has 60 refrigerated units available if needed. He also said that 5,000 body bags were distributed to some of the hardest-hit counties.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A sculpture of Juan de Oñate's settlers arriving in New Mexico is pictured as city workers remove a sculpture of the Spanish conquistador on June 16 in Albuquerque.

New Mexico Leaders To Militia: If You Want To Help Community, Stop Showing Up Armed

Jul 07, 2020
Armed militias have become a feature at anti-quarantine protests, racial justice marches and monument removals. But after a shooting in Albuquerque, locals say militias are disturbing the peace.
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a state has to adhere to the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause. That could have consequences for civil forfeiture in crimes.

Supreme Court Appears Ready To Make It Harder For States To Confiscate Property

Nov 28, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about one of the few remaining provisions in the Bill of Rights not yet applied to the states: the ban on excessive fines.
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People gather Monday at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., awaiting a decision in an Illinois union dues case, <em>Janus v. AFSCME</em>.

Supreme Court Deals Blow To Government Unions

Jun 27, 2018
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states may not force public employees to pay agency fees to unions of which they are not a member.
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The Two-Way
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters in front of his office at the State Capitol in Springfield, on June 30, 2016. Illinois lawmakers had just passed a stop-gap budget. More than a year later, legislators have finally reached a budget deal, whi

Illinois Governor Vetoes Budget Deal; Legislators Begin Override

Jul 04, 2017
Illinois hasn't passed a budget for two years. The state has billions in unpaid bills. Lawmakers finally struck a deal, including a tax increase — but Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner isn't on board.
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The confluence of the St. Croix, top, and Mississippi Rivers, bottom, is seen from the air on May 31, 2012.

Environmentalists Rejoice: Court Says Land Regulation Doesn't Go 'Too Far'

Jun 24, 2017
The court upheld a regulation preventing a Wisconsin family from developing part of their land, denying them government compensation. The decision is a huge win for regulators and environmentalists.
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There's got to be a bellwether in there somewhere.

Omens, Harbingers And Bellwethers — A Guide To The Election 'Guides'

Nov 08, 2016
If Washington's NFL team wins its last game before Election Day, the party in the White House wins another term. This has held since 1936. This year, the team's most recent game ended in a tie.
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State of the State Reactions

Jan 26, 2011
Governor Brian Sandoval gave his State of the State address yesterday. Political pundits respond to his plans for Nevada - and for the budget.
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Medical Marijuana Inc.

Feb 19, 2010
That's right, medical marijuana has gone from being a cottage industry to be a fully-fledged corporate industry. The national company is offering franchises to local entrepreneurs who want to get into the medical marijuana business.
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The War on Drugs

Feb 19, 2010
The United States has only 5% of the world's population but it uses 60% of the world's drugs. That number alone is enough to suggest that we have no chance of winning the war on drugs or so argues Dr.
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National Geographic on FLDS

Feb 19, 2010
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has several towns established in Nevada, Utah and Texas. The normally secretive group gave National Geographic unprecedented access to dispel the idea that the polygamous group was a cult.
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Nevada Yesterdays: Squaw Valley Olympics, pt 2

Feb 17, 2010
The 1960 Winter Olympics was not only full of firsts for the Olympics, but for the state of Nevada. Senator Richard Bryan tells us more.
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UNLV Protest

Feb 12, 2010
UNLV students, faculty and administrators turned to a traditional technique yesterday to protest their anger at planned cuts of 10 percent or more to Nevada's higher education budget. Ryan Wallis gathered this audio postcard of the days speeches and action.
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The Future of Conservatism

Feb 11, 2010
Conservatism has always won its victories from bitter defeats, argues author Sam Tanenhaus. So will the 2008 election be such another election or have conservatives already begun a resurgence.
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MGM Mirage Leaves Atlantic City

Feb 11, 2010
MGM Mirage has announced plans to sell its interest in the Borgata - the newest hotel in Atlantic City. It is doing so because New Jersey Gaming regulators have declared the company's Macau partner Pansy Ho an unsuitable person to be working with a licensee.
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State of the State Post-Mortem

Feb 10, 2010
Gov. Jim Gibbons has laid out the sad state of the state and now it's up to the legislature.
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Solving the Budget Crisis

Feb 10, 2010
Gov. Jim Gibbons is set to deliver his "State of the State" on the state's deteriorating budget situation.
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The Higher Education Crisis

Feb 05, 2010
The university regents and higher education stakeholders met most of Tuesday to hash out possible cuts to the system because of the state's deteriorating budget situation. Opinion was unanimous that the cuts will spell disaster.
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Comstock Lode

Feb 05, 2010
Nevada's first boom was in Virginia City just before the Civil War. Author Dennis Drabelle has written a new history of the big silver boom.
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The Congo Connection

Feb 03, 2010
A Nevada company has been accused of bringing rare metals from mines in some of the most troubled areas of the world - the Congo. We talk with an official of ENOUGH - the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity - about the importation of rare minerals for use in everyday electronics.
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Water Rights

Feb 02, 2010
The Nevada Supreme Court has killed the applications lodged more than 20 years ago by the Southern Nevada Water Authority and the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The claims were to water in rural Nevada but now the authority may have to back and start the whole application process again.
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The Las Vegas Economy

Feb 01, 2010
It's pretty bad. But how bad. We talk with Jeremy Aguero of Applied Analysis to find out why Las Vegas continues to bump along the bottom of the chart and what can be done to improve things.
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Shrinking State

Jan 28, 2010
For the first time in decades, Nevada's population is shrinking. It could affect everything from federal grants to the distribution of congressional seats.
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