July 28, 2020, 6:15am Clark County News
A statewide moratorium on evictions meant to prevent a wave of homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic was recently extended to Oct. 15. Read story
July 27, 2020, 7:20pm Nation & World
With millions of Americans set to lose $600 a week in extra federal unemployment benefits — an economic lifeline during the pandemic — many thousands have yet to receive that money. Read story
July 27, 2020, 12:52pm Clark County Health Free
Clark County Public Health confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. Public health does not report cases over the weekend so the number represents a three-day total. Read story
July 27, 2020, 9:46am Business Free
Deadlines looming, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi implored Republicans and the White House on Monday to come quickly to the negotiating table with Democrats over the next coronavirus relief package to prevent unemployment assistance and an eviction moratorium from expiring for millions of Americans. Read story
July 27, 2020, 6:00am Northwest
WASHINGTON -- Last December, before COVID-19 upended Americans’ lives, the House of Representatives accomplished something that had long eluded lawmakers, passing an immigration reform bill with significant support from both Democrats and Republicans that could give legal status to hundreds of thousands of unauthorized farm workers. Read story
July 25, 2020, 2:19pm Nation & World
A week after revoking sweeping new restrictions on international students, federal immigration officials on Friday announced that new foreign students will be barred from entering the United States if they plan to take their classes entirely online this fall. Read story
July 25, 2020, 2:13pm Nation & World
At a convent near Detroit, 13 nuns have died of COVID-19. The toll is seven at a center for Maryknoll sisters in New York, and six at a Wisconsin convent that serves nuns with fading memories. Read story
July 25, 2020, 2:10pm Nation & World
Legal groups sued the U.S. government Friday to try to stop the expulsion of children detained in hotel rooms by the Trump administration under an emergency declaration citing the coronavirus. Read story
July 25, 2020, 1:59pm Nation & World
Joshua Claybourn is leaning toward sending his kindergarten daughter to in-person classes at a private school next month. Holly Davis’ sixth-grade daughter will learn online, though the family has not yet decided what to do for school for a teenage daughter who requires special accommodations for hearing problems and dyslexia… Read story
July 25, 2020, 1:57pm Nation & World
When the parent of Southern grocery chain Winn-Dixie said that it wasn't going to require customers to wear masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, the response was brutal, with some loyal patrons vowing on social media never to shop there again. Read story
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