Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

TAX TRAIL: Benitez-Thompson’s Rural Nevada Bid Revives Votes for Payroll, Business and Mining Taxes

RENO, Nev. — Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson is asking voters across Northern and rural Nevada to send her to Washington, but her decade in Carson City left behind an extensive tax record that is receiving renewed scrutiny in communities where mining and other employers remain economic lifelines. The pattern...
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First Friday Event Paused Indefinitely as City and Police Reevaluate Arts District Security Following Fatal Shooting

LAS VEGAS, NV — In an unprecedented move that halts one of Southern Nevada’s most enduring cultural institutions after 24 continuous years, the First Friday Foundation announced that downtown Las Vegas’s signature monthly arts gathering has been placed on an indefinite pause. The announcement—confirmed late Wednesday night, October 14, 2026,...
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AWKWARD ODDS: Ford Campaign Cites Prediction Markets While His AG’s Office Fights Them in Court

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s campaign for governor is facing an awkward gambling-policy contradiction after reportedly citing prediction-market odds in a campaign fundraising pitch while Ford’s own office is simultaneously fighting to keep major prediction-market operators out of Nevada. Nevada Independent gaming reporter Howard Stutz flagged...
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