Mesquite, Henderson, and your modern world

Entertainment Capital of the World update: Marjorie Taylor Greene got married at the Bellagio. That'll finally put Las Vegas on the map.

IN NEVADA CURRENT

Privacy is passé. A law invoked by Clark County's district attorney in separate cases – one against a former Mesquite police chief and the other against a current Henderson city councilwoman – for allegedly secretly recording conversations in their respective city halls, is antiquated in an age of smart phone ubiquity. Maybe. Dana Gentry reports: Smart phones render Nevada privacy law vague and outdated, says attorney

Speaking of outdated… One activist group launched a petition urging BLM to “stop relying on outdated, inhumane methods that put lives at risk and fail to offer a true long-term solution.” The petition had close to 90,000 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon. Leilah Ortega reports: Activists renew call to end BLM helicopter  roundups following 11 horse deaths

'You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.' "You can almost hear Nevada’s travel industry and its private-public partners gleefully hum Joni Mitchell’s  Big Yellow Taxi as they seek state and federal funding to pave over more paradise and put up more parking  lots." Pamela Tsigdinos dots the i's and crosses the t's in this column: Tahoe’s next state legislative battle: Public safety or tourism development

Like your typical Trump nominee, Todd Blanche has provided ample and convincing evidence that he lacks a strength of character one might hope to find in a public official. That said, unlike your typical Trump nominee, Blanche's professional qualifications are actually pretty solid. At least on paper. So Blanche must be thinking "Wait a minute, they confirmed Pete Freakshow Hegseth but they might not confirm me?" Them's the breaks. The D.C. bureau's Ashley Murray reports: Grassley postpones vote in US Senate panel on Blanche nomination for AG