Water in Nevada belongs to the public. That is the foundational principle written into state law. But the right to use that water — to pump it, divert it, sell it, or transfer it — belongs to whoever holds a permit issued by a single appointed state official: the State Engineer. The State Engineer is… Continue reading Who Controls Your Water?
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Water Cloud Wars
In December 2022, DigitalBridge Group and IFM Investors completed an $11 billion acquisition of Switch, the Las Vegas-based data center operator that runs some of the largest digital infrastructure campuses in the United States. The transaction pulled Switch off the New York Stock Exchange and made it a private company owned by infrastructure investment firms… Continue reading Water Cloud Wars
Wallstreet Bets On Nevada Water Rights
In 2022, D.R. Horton — one of the nation’s largest homebuilders — paid $291 million to acquire a 12-employee company operating out of a faux-Mediterranean office park in Carson City. The purchase was not for the staff or the real estate. It was for the water. Vidler Water Company spent two decades buying up remote… Continue reading Wallstreet Bets On Nevada Water Rights
10 years Of The Charter School Voucher Program
Between the 2019-2020 and 2024-2025 school years, the number of students attending charter schools in Clark County grew by 26 percent — from approximately 50,800 to 64,128 students, according to Nevada Department of Education enrollment data. In that same period, Clark County School District enrollment declined by more than 8 percent. From August 2022 to… Continue reading 10 years Of The Charter School Voucher Program
THE CASES THAT WON’T CLOSE
On the morning of Jan. 8, 2020, residents in a North Las Vegas neighborhood near Ann Road and Clayton Street called 911 to report a man passed out in the gutter on the 5600 block of Indian Springs Drive. When officers arrived, they found 25-year-old Sidney De’Trae McKnight lying face down with a gunshot wound… Continue reading THE CASES THAT WON’T CLOSE
McMahill Announces Technology Expansion
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill delivered his annual State of the Department address this week, announcing two major initiatives: a global intelligence network called Project Meridian and an artificial intelligence system designed to connect every technology platform the department operates. The announcements came alongside statistics showing significant reductions in violent crime. Officer-involved… Continue reading McMahill Announces Technology Expansion
The Door That Never Closes
On Feb. 12, 2026, the Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended licensing approval for two new members of the Resorts World Las Vegas board of directors — former Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Brian Sandoval and former Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett. Both are Republicans. Both helped shape the state’s gaming regulatory framework. Both… Continue reading The Door That Never Closes
Murder Suicide at the Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department homicide investigators were on scene at the Rio Hotel and Casino, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, following the deaths of a woman in her mid-30s and her preteen daughter, whose bodies were discovered inside their hotel room Sunday afternoon. According to LVMPD Homicide Lt. Robert Price, dispatch received a welfare check… Continue reading Murder Suicide at the Rio Hotel & Casino
Was Policy Followed?
In the early hours of February 3, 2026, an officer-involved shooting inside a South Maryland Parkway apartment complex left both 28-year-old Quinton Baker and his young child dead, raising urgent questions about decision-making, training practices, and the handling of high-risk encounters involving mental-health crises. The incident began when a woman called police reporting that Baker… Continue reading Was Policy Followed?
LVMPDs ROI On Tech Donations and Grants
Las Vegas authorities spent the past week unraveling a hazardous-materials investigation that began with a quiet tip and ended with a full multi-agency operation involving police, federal agents, fire officials, and specialized scientific teams. Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the investigation started when LVMPD received limited information suggesting that laboratory equipment and possibly dangerous materials were… Continue reading LVMPDs ROI On Tech Donations and Grants
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