Community advocates and health officials are working to engage with Nevada’s diverse communities and reach out in Spanish and other languages as the state lays plans for mass coronavirus vaccinations.

The iconic New Year’s Eve ball dropped at midnight in an eerily empty Times Square and was livestreamed into homes across the nation. The usually packed New York City block was mostly barren because tourists and locals were encouraged to celebrate safely at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New year! Newfound riches! With hopes of striking it rich in 2021, several people are making the drive to the Nevada-California border to buy a lottery ticket as the Mega Millions jackpot stands at more than $400 million on Friday.

The numbers can be numbing. And that’s exactly what health officials fear.

If this time last year, you would have suggested that I would spend a majority of my time in 2020 away from my office and reliant upon the tax community on social media to help keep me both informed and sane, I likely would have laughed at you. Don’t get me wrong: I have always enjoyed the tax community on Twitter. But 2020 was different. It was a year that was more than sharing links to IRS Revenue Rulings and pending legislation: it was a year when the tax community came together to ask not only how we could help taxpayers, but each other. Twitter streams weren’t just filled with news, links, and best practices focused on tax, but also practice hacks, spaces to vent, and much needed words of encouragement.

Arizona’s Gov. Doug Ducey has rejected the state’s top education official’s call for Ducey to order public schools to use only online instruction for the next two weeks unless they have waivers from health officials.

The COVID-19 recession was a faster, larger drop than the Great Recession, said Stephen Miller, director, Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at UNLV. Recovery started much faster because it’s not a typical recession, but one caused by the pandemic and, ultimately, the stay-at-home orders.

Casinos closed, little or no traffic, hardly any pedestrians. The Strip was having some serious post-apocalyptic vibes. Images like that, broadcast around the world, could have broken the spirit of a minor city, but when the pandemic unleashed 30.1 percent unemployment (a mark never before seen by any state) and left up to 20 percent of the residents without enough food, Las Vegas residents from all walks of life rallied. From donating food to sewing masks to simple cheer-up acts, we're taking a look at 100 of the many ways they stood up during the COVID-19 crisis.