Las Vegas Business News

Top Tech Awards 2024 Honoree and Chief Information Officer for the State of Nevada reflects on program’s impact

It is an honor to be recognized by peers and industry leaders. It brings a profound sense of gratitude to represent an organization composed of brilliant technologists and to work with folks who understand the true meaning of service.

1 May 2025

By VEGAS INC Staff

US House passes hotel transparency bill; Nevada resorts voice support

The Las Vegas Strip is shown in a view from a Maverick helicopter Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation requiring hotels to display the full price of stays online and in advertising, including resort fees.

30 April 2025

By Kyle Chouinard

Birth of the income tax: Economic inequality then and now

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

With April 15’s tax day still fresh in mind, this Behind the News explores the origin of the federal income tax and finds surprising comparisons between ...

30 April 2025

Trump hits Nevadans hard in first 100 days

A protester holds a sign during a march along the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. The protesters planned to march to Trump International Hotel but were stopped by Metro Police officers at The Strip and Fashion Show Drive.

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have followed a continual pattern: a flood of executive orders, denouncement from a subdued Democratic Party, multistate lawsuits in federal courts.

29 April 2025

By Haajrah Gilani

Una empresa de limpieza de Las Vegas encuentra su nicho de éxito al ser ecológica

Noemy Sibrian, left, field manager with Avanti Green Eco Cleaning, and Eli De Souza, right, team leader with the company, accept the Small Business of the Year Award from the Nevada Small Business Development Center.

Cuando Claudia Meneses descubrió que su tía estaba cobrando muy poco en su trabajo de limpieza, decidió crear su propia empresa de limpieza para ofrecer mejores oportunidades.

28 April 2025

By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas cleaning company finds its niche for success by going green

When Claudia Meneses discovered her aunt was being underpaid at her cleaning job, she decided to launch her own cleaning business to provide better opportunities.

28 April 2025

By Katie Ann McCarver

Q&A: Chief Executive Officer for Esōes Cosmetics looks back on 2024 Top Tech of the Year Award

Joy Hoover, chief executive officer for Esōes Cosmetics, won the Top Tech of the Year Award in 2024 for fusing beauty and technology to create patented smart lipsticks designed to enhance personal safety for women.

24 April 2025

By VEGAS INC Staff

Air travel through Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport sees slowdown in early 2025

A Delta Air Lines flight lands at Harry Reid International Airport, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Las Vegas.

Air travel from Canada and Mexico’s largest airlines to Harry Reid International Airport again fell below 2024 levels in March, but overall, international travel remained ...

23 April 2025

By Kyle Chouinard

How stocks, bonds and other markets have fared so far in 2025

Thomas Schreck works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump's burgeoning trade war. Markets are not in full panic, but the double-digit declines in major U.S. stock indexes are testing nerves.

22 April 2025

4 tips to make saving money a habit for National Financial Literacy Month

April is National Financial Literacy Month and a good time to revisit some valuable financial literacy skills.

21 April 2025

By Wendell Blaylock

Las Vegas businesswomen say import tariffs are squeezing profits

Juanny Romero, owner of Mothership Coffee, is interviewed at Mothership Coffee's Fergusons Downtown location Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

Mothership Coffee CEO Juanny Romero described countless sleepless nights “hemming and hawing” with difficult decisions as she watched the growth of her Southern Nevada business evaporate after January

17 April 2025

By Haajrah Gilani

Clark County approves Filipino Town cultural corridor

Seafood City, a Filipino Supermarket located on South Maryland Parkway just before UNLV, in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, December 11, 2024.

The effort to bring an official Filipino corridor was led by Rozita Lee, who has lived in Las Vegas since 1979 after moving here from Hawaii.

15 April 2025

By Grace Da Rocha

Starbucks imposes new limits on what baristas can wear under their green aprons

A Starbucks Coffee sign on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Houston.

Starbucks is imposing new limits on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons.

15 April 2025

Associated Press

Elaine Wynn, visionary businesswoman and champion of education, dies

Elaine Wynn listens during a Communities In Schools (CIS) news conference at JD Smith Middle School Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.

Elaine Wynn, a transformative force in Las Vegas and a passionate advocate for education reform, has died, her foundation announced this morning.

15 April 2025

By Ray Brewer

Las Vegas company uses AI to streamline clean energy development agreements

Invenergy Solar’s site that produces energy for MGM casinos in Moapa, Nevada is shown Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. According to the site’s manager, Nathan Smith, the 100 megawatt, 640 acre solar site has 322,000 panels that produce over 90 percent of MGM’s casinos daily power needs.

The sale or financing of energy infrastructure projects generates mountains of legal documentation, transforming attorneys into de facto project managers as they navigate this complex data landscape, BuildQ founder and CEO Maryssa Barron said …

14 April 2025

By Katie Ann McCarver

Trump policies sour key travel ties with Canada, Mexico for Las Vegas

Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025.

International travel to Harry Reid International Airport fell in February, something the head of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority believes ...

13 April 2025

By Kyle Chouinard

Vice president of technology operations at Allegiant Stadium reflects on 2024 Top Tech Award win

Vikrant Bodalia, vice president of technology operations at Allegiant Stadium, won the 2024 Top Tech Award in Hospitality for his ability to seamlessly integrate emerging technologies and security measures, ensuring uninterrupted ...

10 April 2025

By VEGAS INC Staff

Nevada's Cortez Masto sends letter to Trump officials on tourism concerns

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks at the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., sent a letter to the Trump administration’s commerce, transportation, treasury and homeland security secretaries Tuesday demanding clarity on how their and President Donald Trump’s actions since taking office will impact American tourism. In the letter, Cortez Masto took issue with ...

9 April 2025

By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas tourism feeling the strain of Trump’s tariffs and traveler anxiety

People stand in the shade while waiting to take a picture at the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign Monday, July 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. WADE VANDERVORT

This downturn comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s trade policy decisions last week to institute a universal 10% tariff and additional targeted tariffs on countries that have high trade deficits ...

9 April 2025

By Kyle Chouinard

Report: Median sales price of homes $485K in Las Vegas

A KB Home roof is tiled during the Super Saturday sales event at the master-planned community of Inspirada on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.

George Kypreos, the president of Las Vegas Realtors, said in a statement that “it’s interesting to see that the median price of existing homes hasn’t changed since the start of 2025.”