🦁 Hendo lions face euthanasia — or not

⚖️ ACLU Sues Over Abortion Coverage

Last year, state voters approved Nevada’s Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal treatment regardless of gender. With that in hand, the ACLU and Silver State Hope Fund are suing to overturn the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage of abortions, saying it amounts to sex-based discrimination. [Nevada Independent]

🔥 Alpine Owner Wants Charges Dropped

You may recall the 2019 fire at the Alpine Motel — its six fatalities make it the deadliest residential fire in city history. The then-owner, Adolfo Orozco, wants the court to toss the six involuntary manslaughter charges against him, saying those charges are too steep for mere negligence. [Review-Journal]

🦁 Lion and Dyin’?

An animal activist is asking the state to investigate Henderson’s Lion Habitat Ranch after a fundraising letter from ranch founder Keith Evans seemed to suggest the animals faced euthanasia without an infusion of cash. [Nevada Current]

🤔 Take the Players, Leave the Name

Regarding the A’s, Oakland’s mayor has come up with a compromise: If the team leaves for Las Vegas, she proposes they leave the “Athletics” name behind. For what purpose isn’t clear. [KVVU]

🐇🦫🦉🦎🦂🦄 Living With Wildlife | Friday | 11 a.m.

Learn from the Nevada Department of Wildlife about the creatures great and small that live in and around the valley. [Centennial Hills Library; free]

🎨 Reception for Barrick Museum Exhibits | Friday | 5-8 p.m.

A meet-and-greet for three new fall exhibitions — “The Emotional Show,” “Lined and Torn,” and “Tailings.” [UNLV; free]

🆒 Neon Lit | Friday | 7 p.m.

Themed “work in progress,” this evening will feature open-mic readings and an auction (hosted by City Cast contributor Brent Holmes!) of partially finished artworks; the artists will complete them after purchase. [The Gather House, downtown; free admission]

Where to Find the Best Pizza from Everywhere

That’s right, folks, we’re doing it: a pizza episode. Podcast co-host Vogue Robinson joins Al Mancini and Gemini Stevens, hosts of the podcast Food and Loathing, for a pizza tour of Las Vegas. From a greasy New York slice to a cheesy, crunchy Detroit square to a puffy Neapolitan, Al and Gemini tell you where to find the best of each. And they’ll address this: Does our city have its own pizza style, too?