🚨 Was Vegas better when the mob ran it?

🛩️ Deadly Plane Crash Outside Vegas

Two people are dead after a small aircraft left North Las Vegas Airport and crashed in the desert near Needles Airport, just south of Laughlin. [KSNV]

💰 Cash Squeeze on Nevada Schools

Nevada has joined at least 20 other states to sue the Trump Administration after billions were cut for summer school and after-school programs. And no, we’re not getting nearly enough education funding from cannabis sales to make up for it. Really. [Nevada Independent]

🗳️ Attorney General Race Heats Up

An update on the tournament to determine who will sue the Trump Administration in the future: Nevada Senate majority leader Nicole Cannizzaro is in the race to replace Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (who’s running for governor) with current treasurer Zach Conine as her top competition in the Democratic primary. [KLAS]

🍅 Tomato Trouble in Las Vegas

If you think menu prices are bad already, new Mexico tariffs are expected to jack up the price of tomatoes for Vegas restaurants. [KTNV]

• On the plus side, you can buy local tomatoes at Gilcrease Orchard, which is having its best crop of the vegetable fruit in years. [KVVU]

🌎 New Sphere Headliner Announced

The Sphere is going through its checklist as yet another residency is announced:

• Pop: Backstreet Boys ✅
• Country: Kenny Chesney ✅
• Stoner Rock: Dead & Company ✅
• Maximum-Strength Stoner Rock: PHISH ✅
• Dad Rock: Eagles ✅
• Whatever U2 Is: U2 ✅

And now, we’ve got country rock covered with the Zac Brown Band, playing four shows in December. [USA Today]