The ongoing government shutdown is threatening to disrupt Las Vegas tourism, a vital economic sector for the city. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported that 3.3 million people visited the city in November, with 2.1 million arriving by air. Any disruption in air travel could significantly impact tourism and the livelihoods of locals dependent on it.

The suddenly fraught future of the Thacker Pass lithium mine cleared an unexpected hurdle on Tuesday, after the Trump administration agreed to release the first part of a loan critical to the Nevada project’s development in exchange for the U.S. government taking a stake in the effort.

Short-term rentals booked through platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo can be an attractive option for large families or groups visiting Las Vegas and looking to save a buck and avoid paying for several hotel rooms. However, permits for short term rentals in Southern Nevada are hard to come by.

The Trump Administration officially owns part of private company Lithium Americas and its joint venture with General Motors, the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Project north of Winnemucca. This is after the companies reached an agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) Tuesday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted at the housing emergency declaration during a Labor Day interview with the Washington Examiner. While Bessent hasn’t offered specifics, he told the Examiner that standardizing local building and zoning codes and decreasing closing costs are some options. The Treasury Department did not respond to requests for an interview for this story.

The suddenly fraught future of the Thacker Pass lithium mine cleared an unexpected hurdle on Tuesday, after the Trump administration agreed to release the first part of a loan critical to the Nevada project’s development in exchange for the U.S. government taking a stake in the effort.

Washington is bracing for a government shutdown as federal agencies prepare to halt non-essential operations at midnight. Stephen M. Miller, a professor of economics, explained the potential consequences for local residents, particularly veterans who rely on federal services.

Tonya Harvey is always on the go as a freelance photographer, and when she needs a quick pick-me-up, she’ll order a kids’ meal. “I don’t want to waste the whole workout for the morning, but I’m hungry in between gigs and its just enough, gets you through one gig to the next,” Harvey said. “I don’t do it everyday.” And she’s not alone. Lightspeed Commerce surveyed around 44% of adults who order from the kids’ menus at restaurants.

The economic impact on the local economy is hard to overstate. Canadians pumped $3.6 billion into the Southern Nevada economy and supported more than 43,000 jobs, notes UNLV economics professor Stephen Miller. When Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined a bipartisan delegation to Ottawa in July to make nice with Prime Minister Mark Carney following Trump’s blustering insults about making Canada the 51st state, it was a reminder of what’s at stake. It’s hard enough to do business in a competitive marketplace when the president is bent on driving away customers.

This summer, other border states are experiencing a different kind of drought: a dearth of Canadians. Vermont to Canada border crossings were down nearly 39% in July from the year prior, per data compiled by the state. According to Statistics Canada, Canadian spending in the US plunged 7.9% in the first quarter of 2025 from the same time in the year prior. (Ironically, in the same period, Americans made more trips to Canada than the year prior, and spent 27.3% more.)

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation's labor market.

Mark Tremblay, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, saw a connection between casinos using dynamic pricing for room rates and rolling them out elsewhere in the business. “It is clear that this is a trend we will see moving forward as physical stores begin to use digital price tags more frequently,” Tremblay told the Review-Journal.