A unanimous Supreme Court threw out a $1 billion jury verdict against Cox Communications on March 25, ruling that internet service providers cannot be held liable for what their subscribers download. The decision rewrites the rules of online copyright enforcement and, in the view of two justices, quietly dismantles a law Congress spent decades building.… Continue reading THE COURT RULES THAT YOUR ISP IS NOT THE COPYRIGHT POLICE
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COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 22 that Enbridge waited nearly 900 days too long to move a pipeline lawsuit from state to federal court. For Anishinaabe nations who depend on the waters at the Straits of Mackinac, the ruling returns to state court a case that has been in legal limbo for seven years.… Continue reading COURT SENDS LINE 5 CASE BACK TO MICHIGAN
THE RED WALL COMES TO NEVADA
Turning Point Action opened a Las Vegas headquarters in March 2026, announcing plans to hire more than 140 staff and target low-propensity Republican voters ahead of the midterms. The organization’s COO is under state criminal indictment. Its Nevada launch partner signed a fake elector document in 2020. The money funding the operation is largely untraceable.… Continue reading THE RED WALL COMES TO NEVADA
$600 MILLION, SAME BLUEPRINT
The Las Vegas Convention Center’s renovation is finished and the room tax is paying for it. The same architect, the same contractors, the same man who approved the project in government before running it in the private sector built this too. The result looks exactly like what came before it, because that was always the… Continue reading $600 MILLION, SAME BLUEPRINT
WHO CAN YOU ASK?
Over three months, KVIG brought accountability questions to two of Las Vegas’s most prominent civil rights organizations. Both disengaged. The record of those exchanges is public. The questions remain. The questions were not complicated. They were the kind a community member might reasonably expect a civil rights organization to welcome: Who is funding you at… Continue reading WHO CAN YOU ASK?
THE FLOOR DOESN’T LIE
The National Association of Broadcasters Show returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, and after two full days on the floor, two things stood out above everything else. The first was how visible the creator economy has become. The second was how reluctant some of the industry’s largest companies are to talk about… Continue reading THE FLOOR DOESN’T LIE
Florida Opens Investigation Into ChatGPT’s Role in FSU Shooting
Florida has opened a formal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in the 2025 Florida State University shooting. Court documents show the accused shooter exchanged more than 200 messages with the chatbot before the attack. Florida officials have launched an investigation into OpenAI and its ChatGPT platform after court documents revealed the accused shooter in… Continue reading Florida Opens Investigation Into ChatGPT’s Role in FSU Shooting
Mahmoud Khalil One Step Closer to Deportation
The Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Mahmoud Khalil’s latest bid to have his deportation case dismissed. The ruling moves the Palestinian activist significantly closer to expulsion from the United States. The Board of Immigration Appeals rejected Khalil’s most recent legal challenge Friday, clearing a major procedural hurdle for the Trump administration as it seeks… Continue reading Mahmoud Khalil One Step Closer to Deportation
Gas Is $4 Again. Here’s Why.
Inflation jumped to its highest level in nearly two years in March. The Iran war drove most of it. The tariffs were already there before the first shot was fired. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.9 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning. Over the past… Continue reading Gas Is $4 Again. Here’s Why.
Brithright On Trial
Oral arguments began at 10:04 a.m. in Case No. 25-365, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. The case tests whether the Trump administration can use executive order to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders.… Continue reading Brithright On Trial
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