City Cast Las Vegas
New bills that might impact *you*
June 27, 2023
Happy Tuesday, dear reader. Quick heads up: You have through Thursday to take the county’s online survey regarding finalists for the design of the Oct.1 memorial. Which do you favor?
What's CITY Talking About?
📜 New Laws and You
Gov. Lombardo signed more than 500 bills into law during the just-ended legislative session. The effects of some might not be readily apparent — but these 20 could impact your daily life in ways large and small, from birth-control access to a pay increase for jury duty. [Review-Journal]
- Pairs nicely with: Our episode assessing the 2023 Legislature, starring Nevada Current journalist April Corbin Girnus. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🤜🤛 Still Gonna Go With ‘Gimmick’
It’s “not a gimmick,” says UFC boss Dana White about the bonkers prospect of a Las Vegas cage fight between billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. “Who has seen this before?” White asks. “Literally everybody will watch." [KVVU]
🫧 Sub Story
A Las Vegas businessman says he and his son were invited on the ill-fated submersible trip that resulted in five deaths last week. But Jay Bloom says his son, Sean, had such pressing concerns about the craft’s safety that they passed. [KVVU]
🚂 Another Train
While you’re daydreaming of a (🎧) possibly viable train from Vegas to L.A., you might also imagine the prospect of a train between here and Salt Lake City. It’s still in the earliest spitball stages — Utah transportation officials have applied for half a mil in federal daydream dollars to study the idea. [Review-Journal]
What To Do
🥃 Triple Down Bar Opens | Wednesday | 7 p.m.
Get your drink on at the Punk Rock Museum as the Triple Down Bar debuts — museum visitors only until 7 p.m., after which it’s open to the public. Operated by Double Down Saloon legend P Moss. [Punk Rock Museum
💡 ‘Intersex 101’ | Friday | 11 a.m. to noon
Not sure what the I in LGBTQIA stands for? This is where to learn more, or to share your intersex story. [Sunrise Library, on Christy near Washington; free]
✂️ Reception for ‘Anatomy of a Ghost’ | Friday | 6-9 p.m.
Onetime Las Vegan Jim White is a wild and enigmatic collagist, and this show of his recent work includes a twist: He’s working on his pieces as they’re exhibited. [ASAP Gallery, in New Orleans Square; free]
Today on City Cast
Las Vegas Myth-Busting
Today’s guest is journalist Corey Levitan, who writes a monthly column puncturing the myths about this place. From the legend of the real-life Whiskey Pete to whether casinos pump extra oxygen onto their gambling floors, Levitan gets you to the bottom of it — and pits co-hosts Vogue Robinson and Dayvid Figer against each other in a “game show” of Vegas knowledge.
- Pairs nicely with: Our episode (🎧) listing 15 rules for living in Las Vegas.
I’ll leave you this morning with the stirring words of Tom Hanks: “Damn them all to hell.” He’d been asked about the A’s leaving Oakland — as a teen he’d hawked peanuts at their games. See you tomorrow!
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