Nevada’s construction workforce today can organize, strike and sue under federal labor law. None of that existed for the roughly 21,000 people who built Hoover Dam under a private contractor’s total control of their jobs, their housing and their town. When Six Companies’ workers walked off the job in August 1931, the federal government’s response… Continue reading Hoover Dam’s Construction Workers Walked Off the Job in August 1931. The Government Deputized Marshals to Keep Six Companies Building.
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How a Warming Climate Is Reshaping the Mojave Desert’s Signature Tree
The Joshua tree’s range almost perfectly outlines the Mojave Desert itself. Scientists studying how that range is shifting are using the tree as a living instrument for measuring climate change across the region Las Vegas calls home. Joshua trees are spindly, tree-like yucca plants so closely tied to this specific desert that their historic range… Continue reading How a Warming Climate Is Reshaping the Mojave Desert’s Signature Tree
The Science Behind Lake Mead’s Falling Water Line
Lake Mead supplies drinking water to Las Vegas and much of the Southwest. Understanding why its water line keeps dropping starts hundreds of miles away, in the snowpack of the Rocky Mountains. The Colorado River stretches roughly 1,400 miles from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains through seven U.S. states before filling Lake Powell and… Continue reading The Science Behind Lake Mead’s Falling Water Line
Un Incendio de 1980 en el MGM Grand Mató a 85 Personas. Sus Consecuencias Legales Ayudaron a Empujar a Kirk Kerkorian a Vender el Casino Seis Años Después.
Un incendio que arrasó el piso del casino del MGM Grand en seis minutos en 1980 dejó al dueño del hotel enfrentando una responsabilidad legal muy por encima de los cien millones de dólares. Kirk Kerkorian vendió la propiedad a un conglomerado que cotiza en bolsa antes de que terminara la década, una transacción que… Continue reading Un Incendio de 1980 en el MGM Grand Mató a 85 Personas. Sus Consecuencias Legales Ayudaron a Empujar a Kirk Kerkorian a Vender el Casino Seis Años Después.
California Multó a la Empresa que Administra el Juego de tu Hijo. Nevada Ni Siquiera Ha Preguntado.
Un regulador de California multó este año a PlayOn Sports con $1.1 millones por rastrear a estudiantes y familias sin consentimiento real, y luego por poner boletos que ya habían pagado detrás de una pantalla de consentimiento forzado. PlayOn es la misma empresa respaldada por KKR que ahora maneja la venta de boletos y la… Continue reading California Multó a la Empresa que Administra el Juego de tu Hijo. Nevada Ni Siquiera Ha Preguntado.
El Carril para Bicicletas Llega Primero. El Aumento de Renta Llega Después.
Las mayores inversiones de tránsito del sur de Nevada —una Stewart Avenue reconstruida, una subvención de planificación para el corredor de Charleston Boulevard y la nueva línea de tránsito rápido de autobuses de Maryland Parkway— llegaron, al menos en el único caso con criterios de equidad documentados, a un corredor de menores ingresos y mayoría… Continue reading El Carril para Bicicletas Llega Primero. El Aumento de Renta Llega Después.
Nevada Puso a Un Solo Oficial en la Patrulla de Carreteras en 1923. Su Agencia Sucesora Ahora Tiene un Tercio de Sus Puestos de Agente en Las Vegas Vacíos.
Nevada puso a su primer patrullero de carreteras pagado en la carretera el 23 de junio de 1923, un solo oficial que respondía al departamento estatal de carreteras. La Legislatura tardó hasta 1949 en organizar formalmente una división de patrulla a nivel estatal, y hasta 2021 en renombrar esa división como Policía Estatal de Nevada.… Continue reading Nevada Puso a Un Solo Oficial en la Patrulla de Carreteras en 1923. Su Agencia Sucesora Ahora Tiene un Tercio de Sus Puestos de Agente en Las Vegas Vacíos.
Basic Magnesium Inc. Built Henderson to Make Wartime Metal in 1942. The Industrial Complex It Left Behind Is Still Being Cleaned Up.
Henderson exists because the federal government needed magnesium for World War II ordnance and aircraft, and chose a stretch of desert near Hoover Dam to make it. More than eight decades later, the industrial complex that grew out of that wartime plant is still an active environmental cleanup site, with hundreds of thousands of pounds… Continue reading Basic Magnesium Inc. Built Henderson to Make Wartime Metal in 1942. The Industrial Complex It Left Behind Is Still Being Cleaned Up.
A 1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Killed 85 People. Its Legal Fallout Helped Push Kirk Kerkorian to Sell the Casino Six Years Later.
A fire that tore through the MGM Grand casino floor in six minutes in 1980 left the hotel’s owner facing well over a hundred million dollars in legal liability. Kirk Kerkorian sold the property to a publicly traded conglomerate before the decade was out, a transaction that previewed the layered corporate ownership structure running the… Continue reading A 1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Killed 85 People. Its Legal Fallout Helped Push Kirk Kerkorian to Sell the Casino Six Years Later.
California Fined the Company That Runs Your Kid’s Game. Nevada Hasn’t Even Asked.
A California regulator fined PlayOn Sports $1.1 million this year for tracking students and families without real consent, then routing tickets they’d already paid for behind a forced-consent screen. PlayOn is the same KKR-backed company that now runs ticketing and postseason streaming for Nevada’s high school sports through the NIAA. Nevada’s privacy law is structurally… Continue reading California Fined the Company That Runs Your Kid’s Game. Nevada Hasn’t Even Asked.
