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| ‘No Tax on Tips’ Prompts Planned Trump Visit |
| | President Donald Trump is planning to visit Las Vegas this week, though details about exactly when and where are sparse. [KVVU] | - White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters at a press conference that the visit will mark the first tax year that Trump’s “no tax on tips” policy is in place.
- The tax deduction has been a highlight for Trump supporters in Southern Nevada, with so many tipped workers in Vegas. But figuring out whether you qualify for the deduction can be complicated. [Reno Gazette Journal]
- Tax Day is Wednesday, April 15 — but it’s not yet clear what day Trump’s visit will happen. Nevada Republicans have said the visit will happen in Las Vegas on April 16. [Nevada Current]
| Listen to our deep dive on what “no tax on tips” really means for Vegas. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧] |
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| What Las Vegas's Talking About |
| 🧑⚖️ Fiore Still Suspended (But with Pay) | The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the suspension of Pahrump Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore, as the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline continues to investigate her over new (but still confidential) complaints. Fiore’s pay was reinstated last spring when President Trump pardoned her fraud convictions. [The Nevada Independent] | | ⚖️ Vacation Scam Case | A Henderson woman is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to felony theft. Haliegh Knight scammed a former classmate and her family out of $20,000 for vacations that never happened. Separately, police also say she admitted to faking a cancer diagnosis to get donations through a crowdfunding website. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] | | 💬 Archbishop Challenges White House | A feud between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV prompted the leader of the Catholic Church in Las Vegas to speak out. In a statement, Archbishop George Leo Thomas defended the pontiff over the weekend after Trump accused the pope of being “terrible for foreign policy”. [KSNV] | | 🏘️ Has Vegas Run Out of Land? | We’ve all heard it by this point: Vegas needs more housing to drive down the price of homes. But where exactly are developers supposed to build? Today on our City Cast Las Vegas podcast, reporter Patrick Blennerhassett from the Review-Journal explains why the answer is so complicated. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧] | | |
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