The Daily Rundown - December 16, 2025
📚 According to ABC News, the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District may have to transition from the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to the California Interscholastic Federation. The report says conflicting state policies on transgender athletes necessitate the change. Nevada requires students to compete based on their sex assigned at birth, while California law mandates that students be allowed to participate on teams consistent with their gender identity.
The move would end a decades-old practice that allowed Tahoe-Truckee teams to play nearby schools, avoiding long drives through sometimes-hazardous mountain passes. Local officials and representatives have urged the state to consider unintended consequences of the move. Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District Superintendent Kerstin Kramer told ABC the mandated move prioritizes policy compliance over the physical safety of students. There are no known transgender student-athletes in the Tahoe-Truckee district.
⚠️ Federal workplace safety regulators are investigating Nevada's state Occupational Safety and Health Administration office. That's after the state refused to level any penalties against The Boring Company, despite firefighters suffering chemical burns during a training drill at the company's underground Tesla Tunnel system in Las Vegas. First reported by Fortune, OSHA initially cited the company for the incident. However, Gov. Joe Lombardo's office rescinded those citations after a call with the Boring Company's president. The regional OSHA office will now review state-level processes and interview individuals involved in the citations. The state has 30 days to respond.
Read more about The Boring Company's tunnel expansions across the country here.
💰Next time you win a jackpot on a gaming machine, you might not have to pay the taxes you would have before. That's because the IRS has raised the limit from $1,200 to $2,000 for filing a W-2G form when reporting a jackpot. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act implemented the change, which begins Jan. 1, 2026. It's the first time slot jackpot tax reporting has been updated since 1977.
Read more about how the Big Beautiful Bill could affect gambling here.
🏠 New low-income and market-rate apartment buildings and townhomes are coming to West Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. They will replace the decades-old Marble Manor public housing complex, located along Washington Avenue. A Las Vegas city report issued early this year said the complex was in "serious disrepair" and cited unsafe building conditions. The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority owns it. That agency plans to develop the 35-acre site in five phases, with construction starting as soon as next month.
In addition to the 627 new units, there will be retail space, parks and other features, according to housing authority officials and city records. Lewis Jordan, the housing authority's executive director, told the Review-Journal that officials are taking a "very low-income community" and making it a place where mixed-income residents can live together.
🏈 UNLV's 2026 football schedule has been released with the notable absence of unflappable Mountain West Conference championship opponent Boise State. They — the team UNLV was unable to beat for the title, along with Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah State — will all join the Pac-12 for the upcoming season and the foreseeable future. The Rebels will face UNR, Wyoming, UTEP and NIU for in-conference home games. Air Force, Hawaii, New Mexico and San Jose State will be road opponents.
✉️ More than just holiday cards are in the mail. Active registered voters might also find a postcard from the secretary of state's office. It contains key 2026 election dates and a voter checklist to plan for the new election cycle. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar says "this postcard is one way we can help ensure Nevadans receive reliable election details directly from election officials."
Learn more about what else the Secretary of State's office is working on this year.
💎 While throngs packed shopping malls elsewhere, folks inside the Las Vegas Paiutes' Health and Wellness Gymnasium sought to buy gifts of a different kind at the third annual Holiday Market and Toy Drive on December 13.
From hand-sewn skirts and Native graphic tees, to sterling silver jewelry with locally mined stones in them, the goods on hand displayed craftsmanship that’s been passed from generation-to-generation.
Hear the full story by KNPR's Jimmy Romo.
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