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It's hardly a spoiler alert that many of the stories emanate from or lead back to the Las Vegas Strip, whose titans have long paid lip service to the fight against money laundering while managing to profit from the movement of illicit cash across the green felt.
The taxi industry has faced setbacks and a 50 percent reduction in ridership since ride-sharing firms started operating in Las Vegas. Were regulations to blame?
Horse hotels say profits are down because fewer horses are participating, and some rodeo events were canceled to curb the spread of the sometimes fatal virus.
New data shows that state public schools are seeing a surge in teachers with less than three years of experience and teaching subjects they are not licensed in.
With her legislative experience and Washington contacts, Berkley appears well-positioned not only to raise the mayor's profile, but also its impact on the complex issues facing Las Vegas and other metro areas.
As a tiny seedling began sprouting in the forest along Mount Rose Highway west of Reno, the Vietnam War was ending under President Gerald Ford, the price of gas was 53 cents per gallon and the Kool-Aid man made his first television commercial appearance. Today, 50 years later, that seedling has grown into Silver Belle, a 53-foot-tall red fir that is the first Capitol Christmas tree to be harvested from Nevada.
Critics can save their talking points about free markets. Nevada's housing market isn't free, it's rigged. Without meaningful protections, the housing market will remain a hustle in real time.
Nearly a decade later, those involved in the passage of a Washoe County sales tax view the ballot measure as a huge feat that set the district apart from other struggling school districts.
Food banks in NV face a triple whammy: cuts in federal grants that help them buy food, rising costs of groceries and the impending end of federal food benefits.
Chronic absenteeism in Nevada public schools is decreasing, according to recent state data, but the state is still in a worse position than it was before the pandemic.