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Gambling News

With the COVID-19 pandemic now more or less under control, Nevada’s gambling and casino industry will return to normalcy.

Wallet Hub

Law enforcement is a career that is always in the public eye, whether for heroic reasons or scandal. Currently, our nation's 800,000 law enforcement officers have even more of a spotlight than usual, though. To start, for the past two years they have been in charge of enforcing COVID-19 restrictions. In addition, there have been quite a few recent high-profile police brutality cases, including officers found guilty for federal civil rights violations leading up to the death of George Floyd. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech also called for the nation to “fund the police” with better training and resources.

Financial Planning

A Delaware-based investment advisory firm is facing fraud charges from the SEC over claims that its clients were defrauded in a nearly five-year cherry picking scheme that put more than $1 million in the owner’s pocket.

Las Vegas Sun

Reno attorney and former boxer Joey Gilbert received the Nevada Republican Party’s endorsement for governor, just a couple of days after Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

Casino.org

Nevada’s state of emergency, which gave officials beefed-up powers to address the COVID-19 pandemic at gaming properties and elsewhere, is coming to an end. It will officially stop on May 20 after 26 months.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Eliza Trowbridge was already concerned about high gas prices earlier this spring when she realized someone had damaged her car while trying to siphon gas from it.

P.B.S.

One-on-one interview with the executive director of the UNLV Performing Arts Center, Lori Cobo.

Pharmaceutical Technology

Nonstimulant drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could address the critical need to mitigate abuse potential.

K.N.P.R. News

It’s been months since the state reported that in 2021, traffic deaths were the worst they’d been since 2006.

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