When the United States was in the midst of a fight against inflation in mid-2022, Nevada Republican US Senate candidate Sam Brown had an idea he said would have stopped inflation in its tracks — but one that also could have prompted a recession.

Nicholas Irwin, Associate Professor of Economics at UNLV joins S.E. Cupp on Episode 2 of Battleground! Nicholas expands on the cost of living in NV, how it's impacting voters, and the crazy reality of rent & mortgage prices.

With mortgage rates at a 20-year high and many homeowners locked into low rates they nabbed during the pandemic, fewer existing houses are selling in Southern Nevada and homebuilders are offering more incentives to get buyers into new homes.

The Las Vegas Valley could run out of land to build houses in as little as eight years, and this is definitely cause for concern, the leader of the region’s homebuilders association said.

If you're a renter, chances are your rent has increased in the last year. According to Redfin, the median rent in Las Vegas is about $1,500, while the national average is just over $ 1,600.

The CEO of Red Lobster's parent company said he will never eat lobster again after the chain was forced to file for bankruptcy days after closing 100 locations. Thiraphong Chansiri, 58, is the CEO of Thai Union, a Thailand-based producer of seafood based products that owns a 49 percent stake in Red Lobster.