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State lawmakers wrapped up another day of Nevada’s special session Sunday, with hours of debate focused on a film studio bill that would bring tax credits to Las Vegas. The Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act, known as the Summerlin Studios bill, survived the state Assembly and led to extensive discussion on Assembly Bill 5 in the Senate.
In 1913, government officials ripped 8-year-old Yerington Paiute Tribe member Frank Quinn from his family and placed him in the Stewart Indian Boarding School near Carson City. They took him so that they could strip him of his language, spirituality and culture.
Pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period need not be filled with anxiety; with some preparation it can be one filled with happiness.
FOX5 discovered two separate social media posts this week showing one of Las Vegas’s most iconic venues on fire, but both videos were fake and created using artificial intelligence. The discovery highlights how artificial intelligence is making fake news posts increasingly difficult to distinguish from legitimate breaking news, according to a digital media expert who warns the days of taking news at face value are over.
The proposed Summerlin movie studio bill now under consideration by lawmakers in a special legislative session could force the state to cut expenses or increase revenue to accommodate the bill’s massive expansion of transferable tax credits. Clark County Education Association, the union representing CCSD teachers, is backing the bill. So too are the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the University of Nevada Reno, which have signed memorandums of understanding with Warner Brothers and Sony, respectively, to develop job training and other opportunities for their students.
Getting high around a campfire in a national park, especially in Wyoming, is likelier to get you prosecuted under a new Justice Department policy cracking down on minor marijuana offenses on federal land.
A former airline pilot has shared the chilling reason why the window shades on planes must be lifted up upon take-off and landing. In an exclusive chat, Daniel Bubb, a Professor in Residence in the Honours College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a former airline pilot for Air Vegas Airlines, shared insights into his time as a commercial pilot.
In breaking ranks to end the federal government shutdown this week, Nevada’s two Democratic senators showcased the shifting politics of the once solidly blue state, home to a diverse, working-class population that relies heavily on tourism. In the national battle for party expansion, Republicans have the edge in the Silver State.
Elon Musk has been pushing hard for companies to exit Delaware and reincorporate elsewhere, following the lead of his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Coinbase became the latest to take the leap, announcing this week that it was moving its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware. Despite Musk’s proclamation that “Delaware continues to bleed companies,” those departing the state make up a distinct minority.