With unemployment rates through the roof, and a virus that still cannot be controlled, the recovery plan in the field of health and the economy are two of the first challenges that must be faced, decisively, by the president-elect, Joe Biden. From Las Vegas, Adriana Arévalo for the Voice of America with the information.

In Gov. Steve Sisolak's executive budget, total expenditures, including all funding source for the 2021-2023 biennium make up a total of $27.1 billion. This is an increase of $1.3 billion or 5.1% over the current biennium.

The Clark County Commission has its hands full with public safety issues, the airport, University Medical Center, housing and planning.

On Thursday, 2020 officially took its place in the upper echelon of warmest years in human history: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ranked last year as the hottest year to date, ahead of 2016 by just a hair. Two other global temperature tracking organizations, the U.K.’s Met Office and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said 2020 was the second-hottest year on record, closely tailing 2016. Meanwhile, the European Union’s climate change agency declared a tie between the two years.

Las Vegas has seen its share of loss recently. Three titans of our valley passed away in recent weeks.

Las Vegas casino security officials remain on watch this week, with Joe Biden’s Wednesday inauguration and residual concerns about potential pro-Donald Trump protests in Nevada and nationwide.

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct and Peter Cowgill’s JD Sports are the heavyweights of high street retail. Their brutal battle to sell sportswear has made them super-rich. But now a new threat looms. Can they survive, asks Oliver Shah

It could be the most important piece of the puzzle when it comes to reopening the economy.

Nevada just recorded a record number of COVID-19 deaths: 299 in a week.