It’s July 2, 1976. Music legend Neil Diamond is opening the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, one of the finest stages ever constructed in Las Vegas.

That’s the question I asked former Democratic U.S. Senator and Nevada Governor Richard Bryan.

Assembly Bill 126 ditches the caucus and makes us the first primary in the nation for both political parties, holding a vote on the first Tuesday in February.

The Palms is one of the few Las Vegas properties yet to reopen 14 months after orders to shut down to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Industry watchers say the property — recently sold to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians for $650 million — is still capable of creating future success stories.

There’s a T-shirt out there that says, “Don’t California My Nevada.” It sums up the fear that some have that Nevada will become more like our neighbor to the west if enough Californians move here.

This year, there’s a diamond jubilee going on just north of our studios. It’s the seventy-fifth birthday of the City of North Las Vegas, incorporated on May 1, 1946.

Widely expected, former legislator and second term North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee announced his run for governor Monday. He is the first GOP candidate to jump in the race.

The Nevada Supreme Court hands Republicans a huge win today in Carson City, agreeing unanimously with Republicans that Democrats were wrong about passing two bills in 2019. Both bills raised millions in revenue, which means lawmakers now have to plug a budget hole that’s north of $100 million, potentially paying back what the court has ruled as an unconstitutionally collected payroll tax and a fee collected at the Division of Motor Vehicles.