The city says its crews and sewer lines serve county land that the county, not the city, taxes. The county calls the city’s push to renegotiate a money grab. The agreement that decides who can annex what comes up for renewal in December. The City of Las Vegas and Clark County are in open conflict… Continue reading Las Vegas and Clark County Are Fighting Over Who Pays for Fire, Sewer and Parks in the County Islands
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A 15-Year-Old Died at First Friday. The Teenager Charged With Killing Him Is 17, and Nevada Law Sends Him to Adult Court.
Metro police announced an arrest four days after a fight in an Arts District crowd ended in gunfire, and have not released the suspect’s name. Two other people were shot, and police have not said who they are or what started the fight. Gunfire broke out at South Main Street and West Charleston Boulevard shortly… Continue reading A 15-Year-Old Died at First Friday. The Teenager Charged With Killing Him Is 17, and Nevada Law Sends Him to Adult Court.
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
WHAT LOYALTY BUYS IN TRUMP’S WASHINGTON
Dana White built a $12 billion combat sports empire alongside Donald Trump. Larry Ellison paid to host his fundraisers and stood beside him at the White House. His son David traded a Democratic donor history for ringside seats at UFC fights and a $16 million settlement that cleared the path to a media merger. Each… Continue reading WHAT LOYALTY BUYS IN TRUMP’S WASHINGTON
CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of argument on April 29 over whether courts can review the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for 330,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians. The administration’s answer was no. If the Court agrees, the same logic applies to 1.3 million TPS holders from 17 countries, including thousands in… Continue reading CAN ANYONE CHECK THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION
THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
In 2013, the Supreme Court disabled the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement and promised Section 2 would remain as a backstop. On April 29, 2026, a 6-3 majority finished the demolition. Louisiana v. Callais rewrites the rules for challenging racially discriminatory maps, adds burdens Congress never wrote into the law, and arrives four days before… Continue reading THE COURT FINISHES THE JOB
THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled April 29 that a New Jersey anti-abortion nonprofit can challenge a state subpoena for its donor list in federal court without waiting for state enforcement. The decision lands squarely in the abortion debate, but the legal principle it establishes reaches far beyond it, and the coalition that won the case… Continue reading THE ABORTION CASE THAT IS NOT ABOUT ABORTION
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
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
