December has become a uniquely meaningful — and profitable — season for the Las Vegas tourism business. Here’s the backstory …

Inflation? High gas prices? American gamblers are shrugging them off — and losing money at casinos at a record pace.

Local political analysts say the youth and Latino voting block are defying expectations by skipping the party line and being a part of an unpredictable vote that could sway the results of our future elections.

Adam Laxalt,(R) former attorney general, held a lead of thousands of votes over incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto in the race for US Senate Wednesday evening with tens of thousands of votes left to count, largely from democratic stronghold Clark County and swing county Washoe.

Gamblers are shrugging off inflation concerns and losing money at casinos at a record pace.

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nflation? High gas prices? American gamblers are shrugging them off — and losing money at casinos at a record pace.

Inflation? High gas prices? American gamblers are shrugging them off — and losing money at casinos at a record pace.

"I hate it," said Bob Hetzel as he walked into the parking lot after visiting the O'Callaghan – Tillman Memorial Bridge near Hoover Dam.

For the first time, Nevada had two House seats, thanks to the growth recorded by the 1980 census. In both cases, the primaries were pretty easy and the general election was hard-fought, but not all that close. The northern Nevada seat went to Barbara Vucanovich, the state’s first congresswoman, who served seven terms and became the first Nevadan to be in the party leadership in the House. The southern seat went to Harry Reid, who moved up to the Senate after two terms, eventually becoming Senate majority leader.

Earlier this year, Nevadans voted in a primary election. It wasn’t terribly controversial. But this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most controversial and significant primaries in Nevada’s history, and the fortieth of another. Let’s start with the earlier one.

The economy, inflation, and jobs will likely be top of mind in four weeks when Nevadans join voters across the U.S. to cast ballots in the midterm elections on October 8th.