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| First Up: Four More Days of Sunshine |
| | The Super El Niño is alive and well, even if we have to wait around for it. Vegas has sunny skies through the weekend before rain returns Monday and Tuesday. [The Weather Network] | - With that in mind, the Nevada Division of Insurance is asking property owners to reexamine their home insurance policies, which generally don’t cover flood damage. [KVVU]
- Fewer than 1% of Nevada households carry federal flood insurance. [FludZone]
- Clark County is especially prone to flash flooding, but the risk of home damage tends to be greater in northern parts of the state — most notably the Reno area and Carson Valley, where people live closer to rivers. [Nevada Real Estate Group]
- Rain generally doesn’t help Lake Mead much, but recent weather activity has brought some relief, raising water levels by about two feet since Sept. 17. Lake Mead is more reliant on the Rocky Mountain snowpack, which is already near normal levels this early in the season — so that’s good news. [KSNV]
- Lake Powell, which feeds Lake Mead and faces similar drought concerns, is up by more than 20 feet, but still just over a quarter full. [Associated Press]
- Federal water managers opted to reduce the flow out of Lake Powell this year, giving priority to the upstream reservoir at the expense of Lake Mead in managing the Colorado River. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
- The headache of splitting up Colorado River rights has been an ongoing debate with no resolution between Upper Basin and Lower Basin States. Just a few months ago, Nevada sued the Trump Administration over sacrifices required in a 10-year plan to divide the river. [Nevada Current]
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| | | Sweater weather means winter watering season! From November through February, water only on your ONE assigned day a week – it's the law. Changing your watering clock not only conserves water but also ensures compliance with the law, prevents water waste, and helps protect our limited water supply. Find your assigned watering day at snwa.com. |
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| What Las Vegas's Talking About |
| ⛺ So, How’s the Homeless Crisis Going? | According to Mayor Shelley Berkley, Las Vegas has transitioned more than 300 unhoused individuals off city streets since April — and did it without locking them up in jail too. The project focused on six blocks around City Hall and will now expand. [KLAS] | | | 🗳️ Election Fueled by Protest Votes | About 12% of Nevada voters in the midterm election were between the ages of 18 and 24, a group that swung about 35 points towards Democrats from 2024. Those numbers reflect national trends. About 60% of voters under 30 said their ballot was cast — at least in part — as a protest against President Trump. [Las Vegas Sun] | - Democrats fell short of scoring a supermajority in the Nevada State Senate, which means at least one Republican would have to get on board to pass any legislation that raises state revenue, including fees or taxes. [Nevada Current]
- There is a new tax, however. Washoe County voters passed a tax on EV users to match one that drivers of gas-powered cars pay at the pump. [Nevada Independent]
- Cast Cast Las Vegas had to ask: Should Clark County have one of these EV tax penalties too? Today’s news roundup breaks down both sides of the debate, along with the unexpected reason a teachers union backed Gov. Lombardo for reelection — and where we go from here to fund schools. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
| | | 👕 Political T-Shirt Battle Goes to Court | Two Clark County School District trustees are suing CCSD and its Board of Trustees over an issue of free speech that played out during a recent meeting. One of the women — who both have a history in the conservative Moms for Liberty group — says she was unfairly reprimanded for wearing a shirt with “XX-XY” on it. The letters symbolize chromosomes as a statement against boys playing in girls sports as transgender athletes. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] | - If you’re keeping score on this stuff, Nevada already has rules in place that require high school athletes to play on teams that correspond to the sex listed on original birth certificates — not gender identity. [KTNV]
| | 🤷 What’s In a Name? | The local expansion team for the Professional Women's Hockey League will be the Vegas Vanguards 😐 That name doesn’t make me think about Vegas or ice hockey. But it does remind me that I have a 401(k), and I definitely don’t want to think about that this week. Anyway, the kit fox logo is cute. The Vanguards play their home opener at T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 6. [KTNV] | | 🏈 The Fernando Mendoza Era Starts Now ‼️ | In a blockbuster deal that happens just hours before the NFL trade deadline, Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins will head back to his old team, the Minnesota Vikings, in exchange for a No. 3 draft pick in 2027. That allows rookie star and No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza to take over as the top dog. The Raiders face the Seattle Seahawks Sunday at Allegiant Stadium. [CBS News] |
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📚 Do you miss Sarah Lohman around here? (We all do!) | | Catch up with the former City Cast Las Vegas co-host and food historian during a conversation on "Endangered Eating” at Nevada State University with our buddy Kim Foster. Tomorrow’s event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. |
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