El personal de planificación recomendó rechazarlo. La Comisión de Planificación recomendó rechazarlo. El Concejo Municipal de Las Vegas lo aprobó de todos modos — y por eso los adultos mayores del este de Las Vegas están a punto de tener apartamentos de $900 al mes. El Concejo Municipal de Las Vegas votó por unanimidad el… Continue reading El Este de Las Vegas Tendrá 50 Casas Diminutas para Adultos Mayores, Después de que la Ciudad Casi Dijo que No
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En 1954, el Sindicato Culinario Comenzó a Reclutar Trabajadores del Sur Profundo. Ahora Representa a Todos los Casinos del Strip.
Una sola decisión de contratación tomada hace siete décadas todavía determina quién trabaja hoy en los pisos de los casinos de Las Vegas. En 1954, el sindicato que representa a los trabajadores de hospitalidad del Strip comenzó a reclutar deliberadamente fuera de Nevada para aumentar sus filas — una estrategia que ayudó a construir el… Continue reading En 1954, el Sindicato Culinario Comenzó a Reclutar Trabajadores del Sur Profundo. Ahora Representa a Todos los Casinos del Strip.
Nevada Construyó un Regulador de Apuestas de Dos Niveles en 1955 y 1959. Acaba de Investigar a Tres de los Casinos Más Antiguos de Primm.
Los reguladores de apuestas de Nevada no solo vigilan las trampas en las mesas de juego — deciden quién puede ser dueño de un casino. El sistema de dos agencias que toma esa decisión se creó específicamente para mantener al crimen organizado fuera del negocio, y siete décadas después sigue siendo la puerta por la… Continue reading Nevada Construyó un Regulador de Apuestas de Dos Niveles en 1955 y 1959. Acaba de Investigar a Tres de los Casinos Más Antiguos de Primm.
St. Thomas, Nevada, Quedó Bajo el Agua en 1938. El Mínimo Histórico del Lago Mead Lo Está Trayendo de Vuelta.
Durante casi un siglo, las aguas crecientes del Lago Mead mantuvieron un pueblo entero de Nevada enterrado bajo el Río Colorado. Ahora, mientras el embalse desciende a niveles que nunca antes había alcanzado, los cimientos de ese pueblo emergen sobre la línea de agua — un marcador físico de cuánto ha caído el sistema fluvial,… Continue reading St. Thomas, Nevada, Quedó Bajo el Agua en 1938. El Mínimo Histórico del Lago Mead Lo Está Trayendo de Vuelta.
Seven Seats, No Mayor: Who’s Actually Running Clark County
Clark County has no mayor — a seven-member Board of County Commissioners runs the Strip, the airport and most of the valley’s growth instead. One sitting commissioner holds a concurrent leadership role at a waste and construction-debris company his board regulates. A departing commissioner’s own conflict-of-interest case was resolved this year with a public reprimand,… Continue reading Seven Seats, No Mayor: Who’s Actually Running Clark County
North Las Vegas Picks a New Mayor. Here’s Who’s Actually in the Room.
North Las Vegas hasn’t elected a new mayor. The two finalists hold serious power: a councilman who defended a consulting payout later ruled illegal, and a state Assembly leader with fewer documented issues. Neither has been accused of wrongdoing related to the ethics case. This outlines who’s vying to run the city. North Las Vegas… Continue reading North Las Vegas Picks a New Mayor. Here’s Who’s Actually in the Room.
Henderson’s Mayor Race Isn’t Settled. Here’s What’s Behind the Loudest Complaints About It.
Michelle Romero led Henderson’s June mayoral primary but fell just short of the majority needed to win outright, and she now faces fired Police Chief Hollie Chadwick in a Nov. 3 runoff. Since then, residents have raised three complaints about how the city has been run: a police chief’s contested exit, a contested traffic fix,… Continue reading Henderson’s Mayor Race Isn’t Settled. Here’s What’s Behind the Loudest Complaints About It.
In 1954, the Culinary Union Started Recruiting Workers From the Deep South. It Now Represents Every Casino on the Strip.
A single hiring decision made seven decades ago still shapes who works Las Vegas’s casino floors today. In 1954, the union representing the Strip’s hospitality workers began deliberately recruiting outside Nevada to grow its ranks — a strategy that helped build the labor bloc that, by 2024, could claim every major resort on the Strip… Continue reading In 1954, the Culinary Union Started Recruiting Workers From the Deep South. It Now Represents Every Casino on the Strip.
Nevada Built a Two-Tier Gambling Regulator in 1955 and 1959. It Just Vetted Three of Primm’s Oldest Casinos.
Nevada’s gambling regulators don’t just police cheating at the tables — they decide who is allowed to own a casino at all. The two-agency system that makes that call was built specifically to screen organized crime out of the business, and seven decades later it is still the gate every ownership change in the state… Continue reading Nevada Built a Two-Tier Gambling Regulator in 1955 and 1959. It Just Vetted Three of Primm’s Oldest Casinos.
St. Thomas, Nevada, Went Underwater in 1938. Lake Mead’s Record Low Is Bringing It Back.
For nearly a century, the rising waters of Lake Mead kept an entire Nevada town buried beneath the Colorado River. Now, as the reservoir sinks into territory it has never occupied before, that town’s foundations are surfacing above the waterline — a physical marker of how far the river system has fallen, and how much… Continue reading St. Thomas, Nevada, Went Underwater in 1938. Lake Mead’s Record Low Is Bringing It Back.
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