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Canadian passenger volume had a bit of a jump. WestJet was up 21% but larger Air Canada was down 5%
Domestically, Frontier has filed in for shuttered Spirit Airlines: Up 39.5% in September and 21.1% for the year.
Southwest is down less than 1%
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For the 20th straight month, @LASairport saw a decline passenger volume - down 8.4% in September. For the first nine months of 2026, the airport has seen a 7.3% passenger decline.
One bright spot: International passenger volume was up for the 3rd straight month.
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In the latest edition of the Indy Environment newsletter:
🐝 A Southern Nevada bee is ‘quietly thriving’
🚵 Follow the trail to a mountain bike mecca
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OPINION by Michael Schaus: Rep. Mark Amodei’s excommunication from the GOP for not blindly going along with Trump should be considered an honor as the president undermines his campaign promises.
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Independent American Party candidate Lynn Chapman insists she’s not running as a spoiler for Nevada’s most competitive House seat. So why are Democrats boosting her campaign?
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A new Nevada Independent analysis shows just how often Democrats mention President Donald Trump compared to Republicans.
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New: The @NRCC today started its first coordinated ad buy with @DavidFlippoNV.
The national Republicans, in conjunction with their #NV02 nominee, have reserved $199k on broadcast for the final days of the midterms, per AdImpact.
Want to learn how a Southern Nevada bee is thriving and why White Pine County is on its way to becoming a mountain biking mecca?
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With a case backlog spanning years, more than $600,000 in unremitted fees and undisposed human cremains, a recent audit shows deep issues at the Clark County Public Administrator’s Office.
@Oona_Milliken reports: thenevadaindependent.com/art…
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said at IndyFest last week he's considering running for president. He talked on a variety of topics, including the need to provide healthcare to more Americans.
In the latest edition of the Indy Gaming newsletter:
🗣️Steve Wynn can still draw a crowd
🎰Cryptocurrency at the Sahara
🦩Justice for Peachy
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In a recent ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to participate in a controversial program to check voters’ citizenship. Nevada has declined to join, citing the system’s tendency to make errors.
@Eric_Neugeboren reports: thenevadaindependent.com/art…
A new audit found eight “high-risk” issues with the Clark County Public Administrator’s Office. Many stem from the tenure of former Administrator Robert Telles, who murdered a journalist in 2022.
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Nevada overall gaming revenue declined by less than less than $1M in September ($1.282B in 2026 vs. $1.283B in 2025)
Per @NevadaGCB
State: -0.05%
Clark County: - 0.95%
Strip: +0.82%
Downtown LV: -7.45%
Laughlin: - 16.8%
Washoe: +0.36%
Reno: -3.52%
Sparks: +12.5%
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OPINION by David Colborne: “[Danielle Ford] can win her race every bit as much as Theranos’ equipment can test anything with a single drop of blood.”
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In today’s Indy Elections:
💲Is this GOP PAC giving money to friends?
🤔 What David Flippo’s discharge papers do (and don’t) tell us
📺 Nevada Republicans avoiding Trump?
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DOJ plans to have observers at four Clark County polling sites on Election Day, it told election officials in a call today.
Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said the call was "cordial and respectful" and the observers are welcome if they "respect the voter and poll workers."
Companies with a data center footprint in Nevada have ties to about $17 million in political donations, though almost all of them were not tied to a data center project, an Indy analysis found.
But the money has also spiked this year.
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So what did Steve Wynn have to say in his first public event in Las Vegas in nearly a decade?
Subscribe to the Indy Gaming newsletter to get tomorrow’s edition from @HowardStutz.
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Recent campaign ads about governor candidate AG Aaron Ford have put the Nevada Board of Pardons in the spotlight.
We dig into the facts to explain how Ford’s votes have shaped clemency for people convicted of murder.
Nevada won’t join a controversial federal program aimed at rooting out noncitizen voting.
Nevada’s Democratic secretary of state said it has “too many” errors in flagging a citizen as a noncitizen.
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