As cross-border visitors stay away from Las Vegas amid political tension with Washington, the impact is being felt from the Strip to an unlikely ranch in the desert

For decades, Las Vegas has been one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. But wages in a state known for its hospitality industry aren’t rising fast enough to keep up with soaring home prices. Facing a shortage of 200,000 housing units, the state legislature has been looking for solutions. But as Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd reports, it won’t be easy to rescue Nevada’s reputation as an affordable place to live.

The Nevada System of Higher Education has updated its policy to expand student access to free and affordable course materials — a timely move as economic pressures grow amid rising tuition at several of the state’s colleges and universities.

Sports betting is now just a tap away — and experts say it’s easier than ever for it to spiral out of control. If you’re concerned about yourself or someone you love, here are some practical steps to regain control and get help.

The nearly $13 billion in wagers placed from North Carolina in 2024 and 2025 not only has generated more than $262 million in new tax revenue for state coffers. It has also exacerbated a swelling public health threat characterized by more people in need of help for gambling problems in a counseling and treatment infrastructure that’s ill-equipped to handle the flood. Calls to the problem gambling hotline are up more than 300 percent since 2021, according to state data.

Throughout the nation, communities are divided on the rapid development of AI data centers that threaten to suck rivers dry and raise utility bills with enormous energy demands. In Boulder City, a short drive southeast from Henderson, voters will get to decide whether data centers are an acceptable use for a specific portion of city-owned land known as the Eldorado Valley Transfer Area.

To help bring that history to life, Beals partnered with Claytee White, a longtime African American historian in Las Vegas and the founder of History in Living Color. White previously served as UNLV’s oral history director for more than two decades.

Rowland Edet, a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, wrote In “Breaking the Odds: A Gendered Analysis of Women and Gambling Behavior” published in the peer-reviewed Gaming Research and Review Journal at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, suggested that as more women are drawn to gambling, often prompted by different motivations than men, that policies should reflect gender differences.

In the years after labor leader Cesar Chavez joined a historic Las Vegas picket line shortly before he died, he became the namesake of an east valley park and a ceremonial road. Not only was he the subject of annual celebrations thrown in his honor, the Nevada Legislature in 2009 passed a law requiring the governor to proclaim Cesar Chavez Day every March 31. Supporters of that tradition were left reeling this week by a New York Times investigation that uncovered accusations that Chavez was a sexual predator who abused children and fellow labor icon Dolores Huerta.