Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

Las Vegas Tourism Confronts Mixed Signals: Conventions and High Rollers Prop Up Strip as Air Passenger Slump and Leisure Dips Persist

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas tourism and hospitality machine is navigating a dual-track economic landscape, as new autumn performance indicators from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and the Clark County Department of Aviation reveal stark divergence between convention-driven business travel and a cooling leisure drive-in...
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BATHROOM FLASHBACK: Benitez-Thompson Blasted Nevada Bill Requiring Sex-Based School Facilities

A resurfaced 2015 floor speech is putting Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson’s record on transgender policy back under the microscope, showing the former Nevada Assembly leader sharply attacking legislation that would have required students to use school bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their biological sex. Assembly Bill 375 would...
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Metro Launches Strip-Wide Pedestrian Safety and Crosswalk Crackdown After Valley Road Fatalities Reach 90

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Traffic Bureau has initiated a high-visibility pedestrian safety and crosswalk enforcement blitz across the Las Vegas Boulevard resort corridor following the death of a pedestrian struck inside a marked crosswalk earlier this week. The enforcement initiative—directed by Metro’s Traffic Bureau...
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