🤒 Should we worry about measles now?

👀 November Special Session Confirmed

A special session of the Nevada legislature will meet this month and if needed, address ongoing uncertainty over SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits caused by the federal shutdown. [Nevada Current]

• Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to continue SNAP benefits with contingency funds on Friday, a day before benefits were due to expire. [Associated Press]
• Three Square Food Bank and other resources are ramping up efforts to distribute food to those in need on a local level. [Hey Las Vegas ✍️]

📚 CCSD Reshuffles Employee Positions

Despite a growing Las Vegas population, Clark County schools are facing lower enrollment and adjusting budgets, leaving more than 100 employees without placement in the current school year. The situation mostly affects support staff like custodians and lunch servers. Nearly 140 licensed employees (teachers, nurses, counselors) were reassigned to new positions, but not before a memo on the matter set off confusion and complaints over their job status. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

😷 Las Vegas: Surrounded by Measles

If a case of measles at the airport wasn’t bad enough, outbreaks in Utah and Arizona have placed 138 cases within two hours of Las Vegas. No active cases were confirmed in Nevada … yet 🫤 [KVVU]

👽 AREA 51 Mystery Deepens

AREA 51 experts are challenging the official claim that an unmanned aircraft that crashed five weeks ago outside the mysterious military compound originated from Creech Air Force Base. The leading theory? It was a new-generation AI drone to accompany advanced fighter jets. [KLAS]