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Indy Explains: Renown Health is a powerhouse in Northern Nevada. Is that a problem?

The Nevada Independent spoke with Renown’s CEO, Brian Erling, one year after he stepped into the role in December, along with a bevy of other health experts about the region’s most extensive hospital system.

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Indy Explains: Can Nevada adopt rent control?

As Nevadans grapple with burdensome rent hikes, wage stagnation and an acute housing shortage, the once-unseemly topic of rent control is making its way into conversations across every level of Nevada government.

Indy Explains: What AJR10 would do to change Nevada’s minimum wage

The main feature of the resolution is doing away with the two-level system in the state Constitution and creating a single minimum wage, even for employers that offer health insurance. Some employers who otherwise would be paying a minimum rate of $11 per hour by 2024 under the current plan in state law would have to pay $12 if the resolution passes.

Indy Explains: Legislative Democrats’ plan for permanent expanded mail-in voting

The bill is the the fulfilment of a promise that Frierson made earlier in the session to make the state’s pandemic-induced change to mail balloting in the 2020 election permanent, but is also likely to draw staunch opposition from Republican lawmakers who have denounced the expansion of mail voting and have introduced many of their own election-related proposals.

Indy Explains: The Electoral College: How a candidate can lose the presidency after winning a majority of votes

When a voter casts a ballot, then, it doesn't directly count in the presidential election. Instead, the vote is tallied with those of others who live in the same state, and the candidate with the most votes wins what is known as the “popular vote.” The designated electors for each state then cast their votes in mid-December. The results from that count determine who becomes president.

The Indy Explains: What to do if the wrong mail ballot is sent to your address

State and county officials say that ballots are sent to the wrong address because of issues with keeping voter rolls up to date. Election officials are typically not informed when someone moves out of state or to a different in-state residence (unless they register to vote at that new address), so there is sometimes a lag between addresses listed on the rolls and actual residences of voters.

The Indy Explains: What are the deadlines to register to vote in Nevada for the 2020 general election?

The deadline —- which applies to mail and in-person voter registration — is most important for recent arrivals to Nevada or people who don’t have a Nevada driver’s license or ID card, according to Washoe County Registrar Deanna Spikula. State identification is key for registering to vote online or getting registered at a polling place on Election Day or during early voting, which begins Oct. 17.

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