⚖️ Ruling puts ‘dreamers’ on ‘borrowed time’

⚖️ Dreamers in Danger

With a Texas judge reaffirming his earlier ruling that the DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is illegal, what does that mean for the 11,000 Nevadans now benefiting from the measure that allows children brought illegally to America to remain? Law professor Michael Kagan, director of the UNLV Immigration Clinic, warns that recipients may be on “borrowed time.” [Nevada Independent]

📉 F1 Room Rates Sliding

Strip room rates for the weekend of F1 have plummeted almost 60% since they were first posted last year — but the two sources cited here are quick to assure us that it doesn’t mean interest in the race has dropped off. Though I suspect fewer arborists will be in the crowd than might’ve been the case before the Bellagio Tree Hack. [Review-Journal]

🤦 Ooh, Snap(shot)!

A picture snapped by a Review-Journal staffer at a teachers union meeting in July depicts a slide from a presentation that includes “Selective Sick Outs” on a list of “Rolling School Outs” strategies. The union has denied any role in those school-closing actions. [Review-Journal]

• Context: Journalist April Corbin Girnus talks about the possibilities of teachers union “work actions.” [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

📋 Abortion on 2024 Ballot?

Nevada’s relatively strong abortion protections are enshrined in law — but not in the state’s constitution. A pro-abortion group has filed a petition to begin the long process of changing that. If it qualifies for next year’s ballot, it would need voter approval then and in 2026. [KVVU]

• Context: Just after the Dobbs decision we spoke with City Cast teams in Salt Lake and Boise for a western perspective on its ramifications. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

First, Where Was It? ⤴️

Last week’s challenge: Big ups to the folks who properly identified this pointed feminist graphic commentary as adorning a wall in the New Orleans Square portion of Commercial Center:

🏆 Louise Ahrendt, Michelle Graves, Claire Wentzel

Thanks for responding!

Now for This Week’s Challenge ⤵️

If you know, or can guess, where these three letters hang out, send me your answer using the button ⬇️ below. Be sure to put Where Is It? in the subject line so we don’t lose it in the daily spam glurge.

❤️ Hands Only CPR | Tuesday | 5 p.m.

A family friendly session that just might save a life. [Centennial Hills Library; free]

🎤 Damn Tall Buildings | Tuesday | 7 p.m.

If you triangulate a position using bluegrass, roots music, and Americana, you just might find this down-home trio. Listen before you go. [Windmill Library, Rainbow and Windmill; free]

📚 Reading by Myriam Gurba | Tuesday | 7 p.m.

The brash author of “Creep: Accusations and Confessions,” known for her takedown of the heralded novel "American Dirt," will read from her work. [The Writer’s Block, downtown; free]

Las Vegas Concert Etiquette

With Life is Beautiful almost upon us — to say nothing of the iHeart Radio and When We Were Young festivals — it’s time to review behavior tips and survival advice for Sin City concert-goers. Host Dayvid Figler and producer Layla Muhammad, both seasoned festival-attenders and live-music aficionados, drop their best dos and don’ts.