The Daily Rundown - January 26, 2026
🏘️ A new affordable housing complex is coming to downtown Las Vegas. Nevada HAND is building a four-story, 51-unit property for low-income residents at the northeast corner of Ogden Avenue and Maryland Parkway, replacing an older 39-unit building, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
The new development, called Ogden Pines, will include energy-efficient appliances, a community room, a fitness room and secure access. It is scheduled to open next year.
🎒 The City of Henderson is breaking ground today on a new preschool and early childhood education center. The facility will be located on Scarhill Track Avenue near Grand Cadence and Galleria drives. City officials say the goal is to expand access to high-quality preschool education. About 40% of Henderson’s three- to five-year-olds are currently enrolled in preschool. The center will also give college students studying early childhood education hands-on teaching experience. It will be the city’s second preschool, joining the one at Valley View Recreation Center.
📊 The latest job numbers show Nevada continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held at 5.2% in December. That ties Nevada with Oregon and puts it ahead of New Jersey, California and the District of Columbia.
The labor force grew by more than 9,300 jobs from November, though total employment remains slightly below December 2024 levels. Professional and business services and construction saw the largest job losses in December. Leisure and hospitality and education and health services both posted gains. Despite declines, construction and financial services continue to report strong wage growth, according to state employment data.
🏥 The Nevada Treasurer’s Office has reopened applications for a program aimed at attracting healthcare providers to underserved communities. The Nevada Health Equity and Loan Assistance, or HEAL, Program offers up to $120,000 in student loan reimbursement in exchange for a five-year commitment to work in rural, tribal or high-poverty urban areas. Eligible professions include physicians, nurses, dentists, midwives, doulas, physician assistants, paramedics and social workers. Applications are due by February 20.
🏛️ Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Rosen says Noem has attempted to mislead the public about the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old protester in Minneapolis. More than 100 House Democrats support a resolution to launch impeachment proceedings, though few Senate Democrats have weighed in. Rosen called Noem’s conduct “deeply shameful” and said she must be removed from office.
Impeachment proceedings are unlikely in the GOP-controlled Congress, but mounting Democratic outrage over the violence in the streets of Minneapolis is certain to disrupt Senate Republican leaders’ hopes this week to quickly approve a wide-ranging spending bill and avoid a partial government shutdown on Jan. 30.
And while some moderate Democrats have been wary over the last year of criticizing the Trump administration on border and immigration issues, the fatal shootings in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti on Saturday and Renee Good on Jan. 7 have transformed the debate, even among moderates like Rosen.
🚨 A pregnant asylum seeker says ICE officials at the Henderson Detention Center are denying her prenatal care. According to The Nevada Independent, Emine, whose last name was withheld over safety concerns, fled Turkey with her husband in 2023 and was detained last year. Her detention reverses prior ICE guidance discouraging the detention of pregnant women. Federal law requires ICE to provide medical care to detainees. ICE has not commented on the report.
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