Morning briefing · October 22, 2026

Vegas Loop Paradise Tunnel on Track to Open for Grand Prix + 4 more Las Vegas stories

• Vegas Loop Paradise Tunnel on Track to Open for Grand Prix

  Both tunnels of the University Center Loop under Paradise Road will open together before Grand Prix weekend, Nov. 19-21, adding three stations, LVCVA President Steve Hill told the Review-Journal.

• Lombardo Says Voting in Nevada Is Easy, 'Unfortunately'

  Audio from an October fundraiser obtained by Nevada Current shows Gov. Joe Lombardo urging turnout while questioning mail ballots, as early voting continues ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

• Southern Nevada Local Races: Where Campaign Money Flows

  The Nevada Independent tallied third-quarter fundraising in Clark County Commission, mayoral and city council races, showing big money gaps in North Las Vegas and in the Romero-Chadwick mayoral contest.

• Mad Apple, Awakening Closures Mark Shift on the Strip

  Cirque du Soleil's Mad Apple and Wynn's Awakening closed weeks apart this fall. A Las Vegas Weekly column argues the losses reflect a changing show market on the Strip rather than the end of Vegas productions.

• Question 7 Explained: Nevada Photo ID Rules on the Ballot

  Question 7 would require photo ID at Nevada polls starting in 2028. It won 73% in 2024 and needs a second yes vote Nov. 3, and the Las Vegas Sun reports organized opposition has been minimal.

• Hughes Center Office Park Sale Near Strip Falls Through

  A court-appointed receiver says the planned sale of the Hughes Center to Borden Industries was canceled in early October, leaving the office park near the Strip, with 61 percent of its office space vacant, without a buyer.

• Judge Keeps NAACP Data Center Pollution Suit Alive

  A judge refused to let the Trump administration end an NAACP lawsuit over gas turbines powering Elon Musk's Colossus data center in Memphis, Ars Technica reported. The pollution case stays in court.

• Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Limit Trans Inmate Care

  The justices left in place a lower-court order keeping hormone therapy and other care available to transgender people in federal prisons while a legal challenge to the Trump administration policy continues.