🗳️ Why we have ‘none of these candidates’ in Nevada

🚨 Do As I Say …

An off-duty Nevada State Police lieutenant was arrested on DUI charges, accused of driving more than 80 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone on a neighborhood road 😳 [KLAS]

🗳️ First Nevada Votes Cast in 2024 Election

Early voting in Nevada doesn’t officially begin until October 19, but the first ballots in the 2024 election have already been cast in Nevada. How? Two votes were submitted Monday by Native Americans via a new online absentee voting system. [Nevada Independent]

🌤️ Paris Skybridge Opens on the Strip

An elevated pedestrian walkway dubbed the Paris Skybridge now connects the Paris casino to the resort’s newly renovated Versailles Tower, formerly part of the Horseshoe, formerly known as Bally’s. Sometimes it’s the little things that get us excited on the Strip. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

🇺🇲 Neon City Festival, Now Mackle-less

Macklemore is no longer a headliner at the inaugural Neon City Festival, due to “unforeseen circumstances.” Might have something to do with the rapper using the F-word and “America” in the same sentence during a recent performance. [KVVU]

• Founder Derek Stevens has big plans for the free festival which takes place during F1 weekend Nov. 22-24. [Hey Las Vegas ✍️]

Silver State ➡️ Solar State?

The Bureau of Land Management updated a Western Solar Plan that opens up roughly 12 million acres of Nevada land for solar development. (I didn’t even know Nevada had that many acres, but it’s actually a whopping 16% of total land in the Silver State 🤯). The plan has prompted protests in Nye County and questions Nevada-wide. City Cast co-host Dayvid Figler talks with Mason Voehl of the Amargosa Conservancy about the struggle to find a balanced solution. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]