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The Nevada vote for president could determine a razor-thin election, and eliminating federal taxes on tips could dictate that outcome and potentially pose unintended consequences. Las Vegas workers depend on tips, and some of them on the Strip said customers give them over $500 a night during busy seasons. But that’s not what they or off-Strip workers are taking home.
From the valets parking cars to the dealers at the blackjack tables to the bartenders at the city's many bars, Las Vegas relies on people working for tips.
They’ve agreed on a $5 million price tag, and a deal for UNLV to sell Sam Boyd Stadium and the surrounding land to Clark County is expected within six months.
Before the lights and the cameras and the action of Hollywood can come to Nevada, there must come approval of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives. That’s the position of two major film studios hoping to build production studios in the Las Vegas Valley.
ҳ| 鶹ýӳ half a block away from where a now-viral TikTok was filmed showing racist harassment against a Black man sits a state historical marker titled “African Americans and the Boston Saloon.” It details the story of William A.G. Brown — a freeborn Black man who, between 1866 and 1875, operated the Boston Saloon, one of the mining boomtown’s best known taverns. Decorated with intricate gas lamps and crystal goblets, the saloon offered an upscale atmosphere that contrasted the stereotypical image of a seedy saloon — even recognized by figures such as Mark Twain.
ҳ| 鶹ýӳ half a block away from where a now-viral TikTok was filmed showing racist harassment against a Black man sits a state historical marker titled “African Americans and the Boston Saloon.” It details the story of William A.G. Brown — a freeborn Black man who, between 1866 and 1875, operated the Boston Saloon, one of the mining boomtown’s best known taverns. Decorated with intricate gas lamps and crystal goblets, the saloon offered an upscale atmosphere that contrasted the stereotypical image of a seedy saloon — even recognized by figures such as Mark Twain.
With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of electioneering is clothing, which is a silent, powerful way for candidates to tell the American public who they are.
Warner Bros. Discovery has big plans for a studio in Las Vegas, NV. The company announced it will partner with the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ (UNLV) and Birtcher Development to operate Nevada Studios, a 34-acre media production complex at the UNLV Harry Reid Research & Technology Park. The deal is contingent on expanding Nevada’s film tax credit. The Nevada Studios would be renamed Warner Bros. Studios Nevada and have complete production studios.
Thousands of students have returned to campus at UNLV this week in preparation for classes that start on Monday. The fall semester will see record-breaking enrollment numbers for the university with 32,000 students expected to attend classes this fall. Around one-third of those students are new students coming to campus for the first time.