Here's a look back at 2025 and the growth of Mike's Reno Report from May till Dec 2025.

With the sale to Living Stones Church confirmed and remodeling starting, a pivotal downtown site faces a turning point. Will it be exclusive—or expansive?

Reno has a transportation problem. I-80 is backed up from Reno to US-Parkway, and people are complaining. Politicians talk about solutions, but do they understand the situation?

Eddie Lorton’s Facebook page has functioned less like a mayoral platform and more like a running feed of grievance posts, partial narratives, and recycled “memories” that misstate how Reno works.

Overspending, constrained revenues, and long-term obligations have left the city in a financially fragile position — one where judgment, restraint, and risk management matter more than rhetoric.

Can a politician from Northern Nevada win the race to become governor of Nevada? It's possible but difficult as you will see. Some candidates have little chance of winning.

Devon Reese’s recent Facebook post in, response to my article, explaining “Why Boise and not Reno?” is revealing — not for what it says, but for what it avoids.

When news broke that Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) President and CEO Daren Griffin would leave his post in January, the announcement sparked an unusually revealing public conversation.

Why does Boise thrive but Reno does not? What happened behind the scenes? Why wasn't Ahlquist the savior that we need?

How decades of political habits, TIF giveaways, bureaucracy, and weak negotiating posture buried the city in red ink — and why 2026 may be the year voters finally demand something different.