El Sindicato Culinario se constituyó en Las Vegas el 1 de noviembre de 1935, cuatro meses después de que el Congreso aprobara la ley federal que por primera vez les dio a los trabajadores estadounidenses el derecho legal a organizarse. En menos de dos décadas, esa organización había provocado que los legisladores de Nevada aprobaran… Continue reading El Sindicato Culinario se Constituyó en Las Vegas en 1935. La Ley de Derecho al Trabajo de Nevada Llegó Menos de Dos Décadas Después.
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Nevada Dividió el Agua del Valle Virgin 60-40 en un Tanque de 1933. La Misma División Todavía Es Dueña del Distrito de Agua Hoy.
Los colonos de Nevada dividieron el suministro de agua del Valle Virgin 60-40 entre Mesquite y Bunkerville con un muro físico dentro de un tanque de almacenamiento de 1933. Sesenta años después, la Legislatura de Nevada constituyó un distrito público de agua que heredó esa misma división 60-40 como su estructura de propiedad, y esa… Continue reading Nevada Dividió el Agua del Valle Virgin 60-40 en un Tanque de 1933. La Misma División Todavía Es Dueña del Distrito de Agua Hoy.
Nevada Creó una Comisión Indígena en 1965 para Abrir una Línea Directa con el Gobernador. Se Convirtió en un Departamento Estatal Completo en 2024.
Los legisladores de Nevada crearon la Comisión Indígena de Nevada en 1965 para darles a las tribus del estado un canal formal con la oficina del gobernador: un panel de cinco miembros sin autoridad independiente más allá de estudiar problemas y presentar recomendaciones. Cincuenta y nueve años después, la Legislatura de Nevada elevó esa misma… Continue reading Nevada Creó una Comisión Indígena en 1965 para Abrir una Línea Directa con el Gobernador. Se Convirtió en un Departamento Estatal Completo en 2024.
Why Slot Machines Are Designed by Psychologists, Not Just Engineers
The casino floor is not an accident. It is one of the most heavily studied behavioral environments on Earth, and much of that research happens a few miles from the Strip. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas houses the International Gaming Institute, a research center that treats gambling not as entertainment but as a behavioral… Continue reading Why Slot Machines Are Designed by Psychologists, Not Just Engineers
Nevada Put One Officer on Highway Patrol in 1923. Its Successor Agency Now Has a Third of Its Las Vegas Trooper Jobs Empty.
Nevada put its first paid highway patrolman on the road on June 23, 1923, a single officer answering to the state highway department. It took until 1949 for the Legislature to formally organize a statewide patrol division, and until 2021 for the state to rename that division the Nevada State Police. A century after that… Continue reading Nevada Put One Officer on Highway Patrol in 1923. Its Successor Agency Now Has a Third of Its Las Vegas Trooper Jobs Empty.
Congress Added Snow Mountain to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe’s Land in 1983. Two Bills Pending Today Would Add Thousands of Acres More.
The Las Vegas Paiute Colony began as 10 acres in downtown Las Vegas, deeded to the tribe by rancher Helen J. Stewart in 1911. In 1983, Congress added a second, far larger parcel eighteen miles northwest of the Colony, creating what the tribe’s own government calls the Snow Mountain Reservation. Forty-two years later, Congress is… Continue reading Congress Added Snow Mountain to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe’s Land in 1983. Two Bills Pending Today Would Add Thousands of Acres More.
The Culinary Union Chartered in Las Vegas in 1935. Nevada’s Right-to-Work Law Followed Within Two Decades.
The Culinary Union was chartered in Las Vegas on Nov. 1, 1935, four months after Congress passed the federal law that first gave American workers a legal right to organize. Within two decades, that organizing had provoked Nevada lawmakers into passing a right-to-work law of their own, a statute still on the books today, even… Continue reading The Culinary Union Chartered in Las Vegas in 1935. Nevada’s Right-to-Work Law Followed Within Two Decades.
Inside the Las Vegas Lab Built to Study How You Behave in a Casino
On the fourth floor of a research park north of the Strip sits a fake hotel room, a fake casino floor, and a fake sportsbook, built for one purpose: watching how people actually behave in them. Black Fire Innovation opened in 2020 at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park, a partnership between the university… Continue reading Inside the Las Vegas Lab Built to Study How You Behave in a Casino
What Actually Happens Inside a Crowd Under Threat — and Why Las Vegas Became a Case Study
For decades, emergency planners assumed a crowd under threat becomes a mindless mob. Modern behavioral research says that assumption is wrong, and a Las Vegas mass-casualty event became one of the case studies that helped prove it. Crowd psychology as a field spent much of the twentieth century built around the idea of panic, the… Continue reading What Actually Happens Inside a Crowd Under Threat — and Why Las Vegas Became a Case Study
Una Familia Criminal de Kansas City Robó del Tropicana Entre 1975 y 1979. Una Corte Federal Envió a Cinco Hombres a Prisión por Ello.
Una corte federal de apelaciones confirmó en 1985 las condenas contra cinco hombres por robar efectivo del Tropicana Hotel and Country Club a favor de figuras del crimen organizado de Kansas City, con base en evidencia de escuchas telefónicas, efectivo incautado y el testimonio de un operativo interno que él mismo nunca habría podido calificar… Continue reading Una Familia Criminal de Kansas City Robó del Tropicana Entre 1975 y 1979. Una Corte Federal Envió a Cinco Hombres a Prisión por Ello.
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