Cross Russell Road from Henderson into ZIP code 89122 and the infrastructure changes. Raised, separated bike lanes give way to painted stripes on crumbling asphalt, dirt shoulders, and paths that simply stop. The line is a city limit.

The Culinary Union spent six years and four months on a picket line at the New Frontier in the 1990s. That endurance is the reason Las Vegas hospitality contracts now require advance notice, retraining and severance before AI can replace a worker’s job.

Southern Nevada generated $87.7 billion in tourism revenue in 2024. The roads, sidewalks, flood channels, parks, and transit stops in its poorest neighborhoods tell a different story. Clark County’s own research confirms it.

The Watermark was supposed to anchor downtown Henderson’s Water Street district. Instead, its original developer lost the building to foreclosure with more than $41.5 million in unpaid debt still on the books. Southern California landlord Next Wave Investors acquired The Watermark, a mixed-use apartment and commercial building in downtown Henderson, this spring after a construction… Continue reading A $50 Million Henderson Apartment Project Just Got Foreclosed On. The Building Is Still Standing — and Renting.

A new national report says Las Vegas needs to build roughly 5,000 new apartments every year just to stay affordable. At the valley’s current construction pace, closing the gap would take more than 100 years. The Las Vegas metro area needs to build approximately 5,000 apartment units annually for the foreseeable future to remain an… Continue reading Las Vegas Would Need a Century of Building at Its Current Pace to Close Its Housing Gap

Jon Ponder built a national reputation helping former inmates rebuild their lives, earning a presidential pardon along the way. Court records show a board member warned Nevada’s top law enforcement officials about him six years before his arrest. Jon Ponder, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas nonprofit Hope for Prisoners, was arrested Aug. 20… Continue reading A Trump-Pardoned Nonprofit Founder Faces 20 Charges. A 2020 Letter Warned the Governor’s Office Years Earlier.

The Trump administration threatened to prosecute Nevada election officials over what it called nearly 16,000 illegal noncitizen voters. Records the state released show federal officials could only confirm 185 — and hadn’t finished checking the rest. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials on a video call earlier this month that it… Continue reading DHS Said Nearly 16,000 Nevada Voters Were Noncitizens. It Could Only Confirm 185.

Marble Manor exists because segregation left Black Las Vegans almost nowhere else in the city to live. In August 2026, federal money is funding the demolition of that same public housing complex, backed by a guarantee that every resident in good standing can move back into what replaces it. The rebuild is now a test… Continue reading Marble Manor Was Built for Black Las Vegans Locked Out of the Rest of the City. Now the Federal Government Is Paying to Tear It Down.

Nevada built the Gaming Control Board and Gaming Commission to force organized crime out of casino ownership. In 2026, that same licensing power is aimed at a prediction-market app accused of defying a court order.