In Clark County, where the air is hot, the land is dry, and the rent is always too high, a curious phenomenon took hold: landlords discovered that it was far more convenient to let their buildings rot into the ground than to lift so much as a finger to repair them. This week, county officials…

Nevada Schools, Immigration, and Children Learning in Peace It appears, dear reader, that the great state of Nevada finds itself in a struggle most peculiar—namely, whether or not gentlepersons of the federal persuasion should be allowed to prowl about schoolhouses, peering over primers and interrogating young scholars on matters of nativity. One might think that…

We’ll Take Your Tire, Your Tax Burdened, Your Corporate Refugees The great state of Delaware—long the favored haunt of corporations seeking shelter from the storm of responsibility—has taken a mighty blow to its supremacy, thanks to its own Supreme Court. The case at hand involved TripAdvisor’s parent company, which, in a fit of wisdom rarely…

The fire popped like a rifle shot, but no one flinched. I leaned back against the log, feeling the warmth creep up my boots. The others sat close, their faces half-lit, half-hidden in the orange wash of the flames. “Listen, boys,” I said. “I ain’t much good at hunting deer.” Joe glanced up from his…

The Great Egg Swindle It is a well-worn custom in the noble profession of politics that when a calamity befalls the common folk—be it flood, famine, or the sudden skyrocketing of egg prices—the first order of business is not to fix the problem but to locate a suitable scapegoat and dress him in horns. Thus,…

Fraud Allegations Continue to Mount The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against New York and key state officials over the 2019 “Green Light” law, which allowed thousands of illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses while barring federal immigration enforcement agencies from accessing state motor vehicle records. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District…

The Fernley Justice Court has confirmed that Jamie Barber has been arrested and charged with open murder in connection with the 2023 shooting death of her ex-husband, Austyn Barber. Barber maintains that the shooting was an act of self-defense. While initially charged following the incident, the District Attorney’s Office later dropped the case, citing insufficient…

And That May Be Next RENO, Nev.—It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a man on probation ought to be mindful of his possessions, lest the authorities take a sudden and impolite interest in them. Such wisdom, however, appears to have eluded one Garret Ferguson, whose domestic inventory included an item commonly not associated with…

The Southern Nevada Building Trades Unions (SNBTU) announced on social media it agreed to construct a complex for the Summerlin Production Studios Project. “This means thousands of union construction jobs will be created in Nevada,” SNBTU stated in a post on its X account on Friday, February 7. The $1.8 billion project, a partnership between…

Two men are in jail for a fraud scheme in south Reno that scammed victims out of nearly $50,000. On Monday, deputies with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fraud report in which victims claimed they lost $49,300. According to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office, the suspects carried out their scheme by…