🤖 Robots clear homeless camp

🐝 Beekeeping Turns Deadly

An experienced Las Vegas beekeeper was found dead after being overwhelmed by a species known as the Africanized Honey Bee. These particular bees are so dangerous, they require a special transportation permit in quarantined Southern Nevada. And despite the name, they’re not especially good at making honey either 🍯 [KLAS]

• Don’t forget: You have to worry about mosquitos too. [Hey Las Vegas ✍️]

⛺ Homeless Camp Cleanup

Tension is heightened now that a $15 million cleanup project is underway to clear homeless camps from a wash near Flamingo and Maryland Parkway (behind the Target, for reference). The danger and toxicity levels in the tunnels are so uncertain, robots were sent in first, while crews work in hazmat suits and other protective gear. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

• Neighbors are worried the project will push the homeless into surrounding residential and business areas. [KTNV]

💵 Fiore Suspended (With Pay)

Despite receiving a presidential pardon on a fraud conviction for misusing police memorial funds, Michele Fiore won’t return to her gig as Nye County justice of the peace anytime soon. She remains suspended, based on unspecified additional complaints. She’s still getting paid. [KVVU]

💰 Rosen Pushes “No Tax on Tips” Through Senate

Nevada’s own Jacky Rosen brought a bill banning taxes on tips to the U.S. Senate floor and got it passed via an unexpected procedure: verbal unanimous consent. Now it’s up to the House to approve the law on its own — or as part of the bigger spending bill currently under debate. [Nevada Independent]