As technology advances and the automation of jobs continues to spread, the effects will likely be more pronounced in Las Vegas, a city with a robust service-industry presence, local economists say.
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Raider fans get first chance to affect a regular-season game at Allegiant Stadium
After a big victory over the Saints in Allegiant Stadium’s debut last year the Raiders lost six of their remaining seven home games.
‘It’s comforting’: On her days off, Las Vegas nurse tends to patients’ hair as volunteer
It is Brooke Johns’ day off from her frenzied 12-hour shifts in the emergency room at Southern Hills Hospital. But on this recent morning, the nurse traded her …
Can kids get ‘long COVID’ after coronavirus infections?
Can kids get “long COVID” after coronavirus infections?
With sweeping vaccine orders, political divisions deepen
President Joe Biden’s orders pushing millions of workers to get vaccinated were aimed at turning the tide on a pandemic that has killed 650,000 Americans.
What does it mean to ‘Never Forget’?
What, exactly, do you remember of the terror attacks? What stories do you tell when a casual conversation morphs into a therapy session? What stories do you keep to yourself?
How 9/11 altered the lives of Muslims in Las Vegas
Twenty years ago, Fahima Khalaf watched in horror as the World Trade Center towers in New York City crumbled to dust on live TV. She huddled with her month-old son, Mohammad, at the Las Vegas home where she, her husband and their three children …
Unions split on vaccine mandates, complicating Biden push
The National Nurses Union applauded President Joe Biden’s proposal to require that companies with more than 100 employees vaccinate their work force.
Eva Longoria knows there’s still work to do
Eva Longoria, perhaps best known for her role in the TV show “Desperate Housewives,” has parlayed small-screen fame into a multipronged career.
82% of the Nevada’s intensive care beds are full, officials say
In Idaho, the fourth-least vaccinated state in the nation, hospitals have been overrun with COVID patients and are running out of space to care for the sick and dying. Doctors and nurses are being forced to make difficult decisions about who will get …