Casey Harrison

Casey Harrison

@casey-harrison.bsky.social

Journalist based in Las Vegas. Not related to the pawn shop guys.

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Strip pedestrian bridge enclosures have gone up, blocking views of Las Vegas Boulevard, just a little over a week away from the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix returning to Southern Nevada. DETAILS: lvrj.com/post/3535770 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺

Meet Sy Perri, a 19-year-old rigging and stage lighting whiz-kid who was killed last week in a traffic crash along I-11. He worked many jobs around LV and was one of the youngest members of IATSE Local 720. Sy's untimely death now leaves a huge hole in the local community. lvrj.com/post/3367863

lvrj.comStrip ‘flag run’ to honor Las Vegas motorcyclist, 19, killed in crashFamily and loved ones remember 19-year-old Servio “Sy” Perri, a Henderson motorcylcist who was killed in a late April crash involving a semi-truck near Boulder City.

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The Trump administration has deported a 10-year-old girl to Mexico who is a US citizen and is recovering from brain cancer. Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.

nbcnews.comU.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parentsThe Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.

VA branches that cover Nevada, which is home to more than 200K veterans, employ a combined ~4,800 full-time employees, and complete more than 1 million healthcare visits each year — leaving some worried that cuts to the agency will impact their wellbeing. thenevadannews.com/2025/03/13/v...

thenevadannews.comNevada officials, veterans worry VA cuts could impact access to healthcare and other benefitsVA branches that cover Nevada employ roughly 4,800 full-time employees, and complete more than one million healthcare visits a year.

Egg bill signed into law

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State lawmakers are flocking around a new proposal they say will provide some relief to the price of chicken eggs, which have skyrocketed in recent months as a nationwide outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu has wreaked havoc on the supply of livestock. thenevadannews.com/2025/02/12/n...

State lawmakers are flocking around a new proposal they say will provide some relief to the price of chicken eggs, which have skyrocketed in recent months as a nationwide outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu has wreaked havoc on the supply of livestock. thenevadannews.com/2025/02/12/n...

thenevadannews.comBill to suspend Nevada egg regulations heads to governors deskOne expert told The Nevadan it may still be a while before we see a crack in egg prices.

The scene here in Carson City, where a few hundred people rallying against President Donald Trump outside the Govs office and Leg building. Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony is leading a rally starting soon to promote his task force seeking to bar trans athletes from youth athletics. #50501movement

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As the A’s Vegas ballpark process moves along, Morse Electric applied for a commercial electric permit, which details the temporary electrical plan developed “to provide ample electrical energy” to build the A’s Strip ballpark Contract valued at $530,000. #vegas #athletics #mlb

Developing this AM: Gov. Joe Lombardo's staff is meeting with state lawmakers to discuss the proposed budget his office submitted, which Democratic officials would contain a $335M structural deficit. The state constitution mandates the state cannot pass a budget w/ deficit.

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Developing this AM: Gov. Joe Lombardo's staff is meeting with state lawmakers to discuss the proposed budget his office submitted, which Democratic officials would contain a $335M structural deficit. The state constitution mandates the state cannot pass a budget w/ deficit.

Lombardo's staff started off the meeting telling lawmakers they are working on a new proposed budget, which would lower the projected structural deficit down to $85M, but lawmakers (especially Ds) look shocked during today's IFC meeting

Dems who control the state legislature not only were upset about the budget sent in, but the fashion the Govs team presented the changes, too. The new budget proposals were outlined in a presentation today and were not submitted as formal amendments.

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Yucca on the brain: Nevada US Sens. have reintroduced the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act, which would require sign-off from state, local, and tribal officials to advance any federal proposal to build a nuclear waste repository in that community. A version was also filed by Nevada House Ds.

INBOX: US Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) says in a statement for the first time that she does not support transgender athletes in women's college athletics, but voted today against a GOP bill "that would open the door to genital exams for girls and women participating in sports." Full statement below:

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Final: UNLV 24, Cal 13. For the first time in nearly a quarter-century UNLV is a bowl winner. The defense held Cal scoreless in the second half, turning away eight straight drives. The No. 24 Scarlet and Gray are 11-3 and will finish the season ranked.

INBOX: Nevada Democratic US Rep. Steven Horsford — who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus — says he is a member of the House DOGE Caucus. DOGE is not a real gov't agency (yet), but is a push by Trump-allied billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to slash federal spending.

NEWS: Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford's office announces it has filed new charges against six Republicans accused of sending a phony slate of electors that falsely stated Donald Trump had carried the Silver State in the 2020 election. Trump lost NV in 2020 to President Joe Biden by ~33K votes.

#ICYMI: Lombardo was one of 26 governors to pledge support for President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, a reversal from just two days prior, when Lombardo said it was “too soon” to gauge to the extent the Silver State would assist in Trump’s agenda. thenevadannews.com/2024/12/12/n...

thenevadannews.comNevada Gov. Joe Lombardo pledges to help Trump's deportation planLombardo was one of 26 Republican governors to vow support Trump’s mass deportation plan, a reversal from just two days prior.