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The New York Times

Two big unions reached contract agreements with the three largest resort operators ahead of a series of events crucial to the city’s economic rebound.

Fortune

MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, was close to reaching a tentative deal with the hotel workers union, the casino company’s CEO said as the clock ticked closer to a union deadline for a sweeping strike.

Las Vegas Weekly

Is Las Vegas going to run out of water? It might feel that way if you’ve been paying any attention to the growing bathtub ring around Lake Mead, the shrinking Colorado River and federal actions to try to keep the river’s main reservoirs in working order.

Health

Travelers may have an additional step at the airport this holiday season. The CDC is expanding its testing of international air travelers for flu, RSV, COVID-19, and other viruses.

The Ross Kaminsky Show

Jason Steffen is a physics professor at UNLV, and formerly at Northwestern. He came up with a method for boarding airplanes efficiently but it hasn't been adopted by an airline. Still, with United Airlines new boarding scheme, the whole concept is fascinating.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In a little over a year some room prices the Las Vegas Review-Journal has been tracking at four Caesars Entertainment properties have fallen as much as 75 percent leading up to race weekend Nov. 16-18., since first posted in November 2022.

The Independent UK

Will Haley take centre stage again? Will Christie continue to go after Trump? And with the former president’s massive lead, do the debates matter at all?

K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

The UNLV Immigration Clinic is getting another financial boost. According to Commissioner Tick Segerblom, $500,000 from the marijuana fund was given to the clinic back in 2021. On Tuesday, Clark County commissioners voted to extend that amount through 2024.