On Sept. 21, 1991, 550 hospitality workers walked off the job at the Frontier Hotel and Casino, starting a strike that ran six years, four months and 10 days before it ended — the longest in U.S. history by that measure. The union that outlasted that fight, Culinary Workers Union Local 226, now represents 60,000… Continue reading The Frontier Strike Lasted 6 Years. The Union That Outlasted It Now Writes AI Protections Into Its Contracts.
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Red Rock Canyon Got Federal Protection in 1990. The Private Hill Next Door Just Drew a Federal Hydropower Filing.
Congress protected 83,000 acres around Red Rock Canyon as a National Conservation Area in 1990, and expanded it three separate times since to its current 198,000 acres. The gypsum mine on Blue Diamond Hill next door was never part of that boundary — private land that predates the conservation area by decades and has outlasted… Continue reading Red Rock Canyon Got Federal Protection in 1990. The Private Hill Next Door Just Drew a Federal Hydropower Filing.
Nevada’s 1973 Police Merger Created LVMPD. Its Budget Just Hit $958 Million.
On July 1, 1973, the Las Vegas Police Department and the Clark County Sheriff’s Department stopped existing, replaced by a single agency the Nevada Legislature built to end duplicate law enforcement spending across the valley. Fifty-three years later, on April 30, 2026, the five-member committee that same law created approved a $958 million budget for… Continue reading Nevada’s 1973 Police Merger Created LVMPD. Its Budget Just Hit $958 Million.
Senderos Para Algunos
Henderson tiene 300 millas de senderos. Summerlin tiene más de 200. Sunrise Manor, una comunidad no incorporada de 200,000 personas al este de Las Vegas, tiene un sendero de cauce, un segmento roto del sendero del beltway, y calles construidas para autos que circulan a 45 millas por hora. La diferencia no es geográfica. Es… Continue reading Senderos Para Algunos
Las Vegas Construyó Su Propio Problema de Inundaciones Más Grande. Los Datos Lo Confirman.
Los administradores de inundaciones del sur de Nevada construyeron todo un sistema subterráneo para mantener seco al valle. Un instituto de investigación de Nevada dice que la forma en que creció la región empeoró las inundaciones de todos modos. Investigadores del Instituto de Investigación del Desierto, junto con el Distrito Regional de Control de Inundaciones… Continue reading Las Vegas Construyó Su Propio Problema de Inundaciones Más Grande. Los Datos Lo Confirman.
Nevada Created Its ‘Black Book’ in 1960 to Banish the Mob From Casinos. This Year It Added the Bookmaker Behind the Ohtani Scandal.
Nevada built its casino exclusion list in 1960 to bar organized crime and its Corporate Gaming Act in 1969 to replace mob capital with public markets. In April 2026, the same list gained its 39th name: the bookmaker at the center of the Shohei Ohtani theft case.
The Moapa Paiutes’ Reservation Was Set Aside in 1873. A Coal Plant Polluted It for 50 Years Before the Tribe Turned to Solar.
President Grant set aside land for the Moapa Band of Paiutes in 1873. A coal plant built 500 feet away polluted it for five decades. The tribe’s reservation now hosts some of the largest tribal solar development in the country.
Nevada Desegregated Its Casinos in 1960. The Historic Westside Waited 66 Years for Investment to Follow.
In 1960, a threatened NAACP march forced Nevada’s governor and Las Vegas’s mayor to desegregate Strip casinos at the Moulin Rouge. Sixty-six years later, the neighborhood that forced that deal just broke ground on its first major federal housing investment.
Nevada’s Colorado River Allocation Was Set in 1928. Washington Just Cut It by a Sixth.
Nevada’s 300,000-acre-foot Colorado River share was fixed by Congress in 1928. On Aug. 21, 2026, Washington cut it by another 50,000 acre-feet — a sixth of the original allocation.
Nadie Sabe Qué Hacer con Esta Paciente
Una residente de Las Vegas lleva más de una década llamando a médicos. Cinco especialistas distintos, el mismo problema, ninguna respuesta. Está inmunocomprometida, recibe incapacidad, y ve caer su ingreso mensual conforme empiezan a descontarle los costos de Medicare. Pasó dos horas en espera con la oficina de asistencia social solo para enterarse de que… Continue reading Nadie Sabe Qué Hacer con Esta Paciente
