In The News: Department of History

Los Angeles Times

Blake Sartini never had any doubts when he bought the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino a little more than a year ago. It was on the Las Vegas Strip.

NPR

Half a century ago, Nevada had a midterm election that didn’t seem all that significant. But maybe it was?

KSNV-TV: News 3

Thirty-one people are on the Sisolak transition team, headed by Congresswoman Dina Titus, Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve and former Speaker Barbara Buckley.

WRAL-TV

When voters agreed to allow casinos into Ohio in 2009, advocates projected that the four locations would generate $1.9 billion in revenue before taxes.

Institutional Investor

When the Supreme Court issued a ruling in May that effectively legalized sports gambling, venture capital firm SeventySix Capital wasted no time getting in on the action.

The Atlantic

Yoga pants, tennis shoes, and the 100-year history of how sports changed the way Americans dress

Public News Service

More than 80 percent of land in Nevada is federally owned, the greatest portion of any state. So, Nevada candidates in the midterm elections are addressing public-lands issues, from nuclear waste sites to water and grazing rights.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The lines and the crowd signal a major turnout for early voting, and the Nov. 6 Election Day isn't for another two and a half weeks.

KNPR News

When you talk about Las Vegas, certain people or places or institutions are icons. One of those icons turns fifty in October. Let’s look back at the history of the Circus Circus, opened in 1968.

Fast Company

The president of the French Tennis Federation lambasted Serena Williams’s catsuit last month. It wasn’t the first time an outfit worn by a female athlete generated outrage.

Salon

On the front lines were female tennis players who refused to adhere to the club dress codes that banned them

Conversation

This is simply the most recent chapter of a centurylong debate over the place of informality and immodesty in our dress: how short can that skirt be? Should the first lady be able to don a tank top? What about wearing sneakers to prom?