Brookings Mountain West
Brookings Mountain West is a partnership between UNLV and the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution. The purpose of Brookings Mountain West is to bring the Brookings tradition of high-quality, independent, and impactful research to the issues facing the dynamic and fast-growing Intermountain West region. Building upon work at Brookings and UNLV, our community engagement and research initiatives focus on helping metropolitan areas like Las Vegas grow in robust, inclusive, and sustainable ways. Brookings Mountain West provides a platform to bring ideas and expertise together to enhance public policy discussions at the local, state, and regional level.
Accomplishments
Lee Business School alumna Caren Yap brings the value of collective responsibility to her work in national labor rights advocacy.
UNLV researchers offer solutions for bringing more men into healthcare, social services, and early-grade teaching fields.
Brookings Mountain West In the News
More than 45,000 young children in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District live in a child care desert, the highest rate among all the congressional districts in five mountain west states, according to a recent report from UNLV.
The governor's direct control over state and national economic factors is more limited than most realize, but that doesn't matter to voters.
Hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters will flock to Red Rock Resort today as he returns to Las Vegas, this time to tout the Republican-backed tax cuts — provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law July 4, 2025, that suspend federal taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits.
A 2022 analysis by Brookings Mountain West at UNLV found the average debt for Nevada borrowers at the time was $34,000. The national average was $39,000.
What's Happening
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As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West presents a lecture titled, "The Jungle Grows Back: Adjusting to a Post-American World.” In this lecture, Brookings Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy…Date: October 7, 2026, 4:00 PMLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA), First Floor Auditorium
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As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West presents a lecture titled, " Iran Strikes and Shifting Sands: America and a Remade Middle East - The post-Iran war landscape, new regional…Date: October 21, 2026, 4:00 PMLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA), First Floor Auditorium
