Axon invested in Flock Safety in 2020, deepened that partnership through 2024, launched a directly competing license-plate-reader product in April 2025, then cut Flock off from its evidence platform three months later without explaining why. None of it required Axon to lift a finger against Flock’s reputation — the backlash was already public, grassroots, and… Continue reading Axon Spent Five Years Inside Flock’s Business. Now It’s Walking Away, Right As Flock’s Reputation Is Questioned.
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One Company Runs a Third of Clark County’s Charter Schools. Its Own Founder Owns the Building It Rents Back to Them.
Academica, a Florida-based for-profit company, manages roughly a third of Southern Nevada’s charter campuses through service contracts layered on top of nonprofit school boards. One of those contracts routes public per-pupil funding through a warehouse-district property owned by Academica’s own founder, at more than five times the going commercial rate. Nevada’s Legislature tried to ban… Continue reading One Company Runs a Third of Clark County’s Charter Schools. Its Own Founder Owns the Building It Rents Back to Them.
The BID Taking Over The Arts District
A new Business Improvement District petition whose organizing board includes the neighborhood’s largest private developer and a commercial landlord that won’t say who owns it. The actual private-equity exposure in the district runs through separate channels. What “the bid” actually is A group of Arts District property and business stakeholders filed a petition Sept. 2,… Continue reading The BID Taking Over The Arts District
Basic Magnesium Inc. Construyó Henderson para Fabricar Metal de Guerra en 1942. El Complejo Industrial Que Dejó Sigue en Proceso de Limpieza.
Henderson existe porque el gobierno federal necesitaba magnesio para municiones y aeronaves de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y eligió un tramo de desierto cerca de la Presa Hoover para fabricarlo. Más de ocho décadas después, el complejo industrial que surgió de esa planta de guerra sigue siendo un sitio activo de limpieza ambiental, con cientos… Continue reading Basic Magnesium Inc. Construyó Henderson para Fabricar Metal de Guerra en 1942. El Complejo Industrial Que Dejó Sigue en Proceso de Limpieza.
The U.S. Sued Over Truckee River Water Rights in 1913 on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe’s Behalf. A Final Decree Didn’t Come for 31 Years.
Reno, Sparks and the farms of the Lahontan Valley still divide Truckee River water today under an operating agreement signed in 2008 and a court decree that dates to 1944 — the end point of a fight over the river that the federal government first took to court in 1913, on behalf of the Pyramid… Continue reading The U.S. Sued Over Truckee River Water Rights in 1913 on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe’s Behalf. A Final Decree Didn’t Come for 31 Years.
Hoover Dam’s Construction Workers Walked Off the Job in August 1931. The Government Deputized Marshals to Keep Six Companies Building.
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.
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.
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