🐕 Sound off: Dogs in restaurants, yes or no?

🧳 No Wonder the Traffic Sucks

Approximately 115 people move to Clark County every day — that’s according to new population estimates by UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research. That info dovetails with a new report that says this is the top destination among homeowners looking to move. Why? Their money goes farther here, or so they believe. [Review-Journal]

• If you’re one of this week’s 345 new arrivals, here’s your newbie starter pack: podcast episodes that (a) answer your dumb Vegas questions, (b) offer smart survival rules, and (c) give tips on buying a home. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

💸 How Many Pickleball Courts Could $223M Buy?

A new court ruling has added a staggering $141 million to the cost that city taxpayers will bear in the matter of the failed Badlands development. And that’s just one of four lawsuits related to the project; two have already gone against the city, for a total now of $223 million. [KTNV]

😣 Payback Waiting Game

During the economic freefall of COVID, Nevada’s unemployment system dished out a lot of money — $1.4 billion too much, in fact. (More than half was due to bureaucratic mistakes rather than fraud.) While the state tries to claw some of that money back from recipients, some 26,000 Nevadans are stuck in limbo as their appeals move through the glacial process. [Review-Journal]

🎸 ‘Rising Stars’ Finale | Friday | 7:30 p.m.

In the last stage of a battle of this bands competition, five local acts — Steppadelic, Pure Sport, Lennon Roach, Michael Richter, Viaje Nahual — face off to determine which will get a spot onstage at the Life is Beautiful Festival. [The Space, near Polaris and Harmon; $23.50]

• 🆒 Several members of the City Cast Las Vegas team will be there, too. Say hello!

🎫 ‘The Tempest’ | Friday-Sunday | Various times

Las Vegas Little Theatre and the Alchemy Arts Academy team up for this late-period Shakespearean banger, which features a shipwreck, magic, young love, and more. [Las Vegas Little Theatre, Valley View and Spring Mountain; $20-$10]

💬 Prison Families Alliance Lecture Series | Saturday | 11 a.m.

The topic of this talk: “navigating challenging conversations.” Open to formerly incarcerated persons, as well as those who have or had loved ones in the prison system. [Clark County Library; free]

Platefuls of Soul

Podcast contributor Brent Holmes joins the show to talk with co-host Vogue Robinson about soul food in Las Vegas. What is authentic soul food, why can’t this town keep more great joints alive — and where you can find the best of what we do have.