Moms for Liberty ran three candidates for elected positions in the Las Vegas area. Two of them, Lorena Biasoti and Lydia Dominguez, won their races for Clark County School District Trustee. One, Tim Underwood, lost his bid to join the State Board of Education.

We talked to Teddy Wilson, who tracks extremist groups, about who Moms for Liberty is and what we can expect from them.

We also talked to teacher Alexis Salt, who ran for school board in 2020, and who has had run-ins with Moms for Liberty.

And we talked to Cristiane Mersch, the president of Moms for Liberty in Las Vegas.

In 2023, the Nevada legislature passed a bill regulating sidewalk vendors. You know, the people who sell corn and shaved ice in various parks, and near your grocery store.

The law, SB92, was the first ever to regulate these micro-businesses. Many of the people who run food carts are immigrants, who are reaching for the American dream.

But the regulations didn’t turn out the way the backers of the bill expected them to.

Where there were no laws, now there are very very restrictive laws.

And many food cart operators were scared their businesses would be shut down.

Definitions of regulations on sidewalk vendors.

How to apply for a license.

Here's how to get in touch with Senator Fabian Doñate.

Guests: Senator James Ohrenschall, County Commissioner Tick Segerblom

Here's the website for the Legislature. It's called NELIS.

Last summer, Henderson police went to a house to investigate a complaint from a neighbor. Police found the owners were running a puppy mill. That is, they were breeding young, female dogs and selling their pups for $2,000-$5,000.

The residents had 39 dogs. 34 of them were French Bulldogs. Four of them were pregnant.

There were also two horses, over 100 chickens and a couple of goats, according to Clark County Animal Protection Services - which most people just call Animal Control

All of those animals were taken to the Animal Foundation. This made overcrowding at the Foundation a lot worse. And it’s been pretty bad for a while.

The team decided to look at this topic because... well... PUPPIES! But also because it is a demonstration of how civics work when neighboring municipalities don't coordinate. It's hard to ban pet stores - as Clark County and North Las Vegas did - when pet stores are perfectly legal in Henderson and Las Vegas.

Guests:
Jerrica Owen, National Care and Control Association
Lori Heeren, Nevada SPCA
Hilarie Grey, Las Vegas Animal Foundation
Pet Hotline: 702.955.5932 (Lost or Found)
Petco Love Lost

The Civics Radio Network came out of a collaboration between Carrie Kaufman and Ashton Ridley to develop programming for KUNV Radio that had to do with civics and young people. They hit upon a 2-step process: a bootcamp to teach students civics and journalism, and a podcast for them to share what they learned. Ashton and Carrie talk about the process while sharing clips of students' reactions at the end of the bootcamp.

So... Las Vegas isn't really in Las Vegas. Most people who live here don't know that. And most people who live here don't live in Las Vegas. About 650,000 people live in Las Vegas proper. That's represented by the green areas of the map above. The blue area is North Las Vegas - which is an actual city, not a description. Almost 300,000 people live there. A bit more than that live in Henderson, which is shown on the map as purple. But the orange part? That is the biggest area on the map? That's unincorporated Clark County. Which has more than a million people. Who don't live in Las Vegas.

Fun fact, also: the Strip is not in Las Vegas.

It was fun exploring this with our students, and with historians Sondra Cosgrove and Michael Green. The first step to understanding how to be a citizen in Southern Nevada is to understand how the governments in Southern Nevada operate. If you want a street light to be fixed, you need to know where you live in order to call the right people to fix it. Frequently, people are angry because they can't vote for Mayor of Las Vegas. And, of course, journalists outside of Vegas swoop in when there's a political forum or a mass shooting and all ask to speak to the Mayor - even though that job may not have jurisdiction for what's being reported.

We encourage you to explore Clark County at https://maps.clarkcountynv.gov/openweb. Where do you live? Who owned the house you grew up in? We'd love to hear what you find on our Instagram page, CivicsRadioLV. Upload a video about what you've discovered.

Other Links:
The Clark County Commission
The Las Vegas Mayor's Office
The Las Vegas City Council
City of Las Vegas
The North Las Vegas Mayor's Office
The North Las Vegas City Council
The City of Henderson
The Henderson Mayor and City Council

As you heard, Unincorporated Clark County has many different townships - sort of like Eastern cities have neighborhoods. There are boards for each township, but they aren't cities, and the government is Clark County. Still, if something needs to be done in your neighborhood, it might be helpful to head to a township meeting.

The townships in Unincorporated Clark County are:
Paradise Township
Paradise Township Board
Enterprise Township
Enterprise Township Board
Winchester Township
Winchester Township Board
Spring Valley Township
Spring Valley Board
Sunrise Manor Township
Sunrise Manor Board
Whitney Township
Whitney Township Board

Clark County also has this handy map that you can customize.