One of the most important issues this election is how Nevada will pave the way for a prosperous future. Unfortunately, the state has neglected Clark County, home to nearly 75 percent of the state’s residents. Nowhere is that more clear than in higher education. In his piece below, David Damore, a UNLV political scientist and fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains how the data show Southern Nevada greatly subsidizes higher education in the rest of the state. That leaves the bulk of Nevada’s college students, who attend school in Clark County, at a great disadvantage. This election, Southern Nevada voters need to elect people who will stop the politics that allow this. It’s not about stealing from Northern or rural Nevada, it’s about being fair. — Brian Greenspun
Maybe it’s time to change the definition of economic recovery.
None of the key economic indicators in think-tank Brookings Mountain West’s newest Mountain Monitor have returned to their pre-recession levels. But looking for jobs, housing and productivity numbers to match boom-era highs may be the wrong way to measure Southern Nevada’s post-recession health, said Mark Muro, a senior fellow and policy director in the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and Washington director of Brookings Mountain West.
Las Vegas’ economy is missing one crucial piece to its puzzle — a public medical school, according to panelists at a Lincy Institute forum on the economic impact of a medical school at UNLV.
UNLV, in the meantime, has taken another step in an effort to establish such a school.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has submitted its application for accreditation of its medical school, the first step in a years-long process, said Dr. Barbara Atkinson, dean of the burgeoning school.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has launched an accreditation process that officials said Monday could have students in classrooms by the fall of 2017.
Americans are on the move again, a telltale sign of a slowly recovering economy.
People are once again heading to Sun Belt states that boomed before the Great Recession but saw a dramatic drop in population inflows during the downturn, according to U.S. Census Bureau numbers released today.
At the same time, states that were losing people before the recession but hung on to them because people stayed put during the uncertain financial times have started to lose them again.
What a difference four years makes. In Fall 2010, Brookings Mountain West began program planning for a statewide gathering to discuss the broken Nevada economy. In January 2011, UNLV hosted an event—Nevada 2.0—in coordination with Brookings Mountain West, the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and newly elected Governor Sandoval’s economic development advisors. Nevada was the state most damaged by the Great Recession. The state’s GDP stood well below its 2007 high and there appeared no immediate path to restore prosperity. But the Great Recession also provided Nevada a chance to rethink its entire approach to economic development.
A version of this originally appeared on the Brookings Institution’s Avenue blog.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval looked pretty happy Thursday when he announced Tesla Motors had chosen Reno as the site for its proposed $5 billion “gigafactory” battery plant.
Las Vegas has become a desirable place for foreign students to study and work.
Last Friday, the former head of the water authority serving Las Vegas, Nev., electrified a crowd of Colorado water managers with her passionate and eloquent call for strategic collaboration amongst all who rely upon the Colorado River.
Sitting near the headwaters of the Colorado River, Denver seems like it would have little reason to worry about the drought that has parched Las Vegas and the Southwest.
Two years ago, President Barack Obama signed an order to protect certain immigrants who arrived in the country as young children. Many young undocumented immigrants in Southern Nevada have benefited from the program. But residents of our region have not been approved as quickly as those in other areas.
Las Vegas is edging closer to getting its own medical school. The state Board of Regents decided Friday to ask the governor to put $45.94 million toward transforming medical education in Nevada.
A week does not go by without some national or international news outlet heralding the impending demise of Southern Nevada as a result of the relentless drought that has plagued the Colorado River system for well over a decade. These stories are fueled in part by declarations made by some scientists that Lake Mead could “empty” by as early as 2025. The belief appears to be that the only location at risk as a result of this drought is Southern Nevada. There seems to be little, if any, understanding of the dominoes that begin to fall if crucial reservoir elevations are reached in Lake Mead. Although initially amused by the silliness of this storyline, I quickly became concerned that not only could the creation of this mythology hurt Southern Nevada’s economy, but lull citizens in downstream communities — both urban and agricultural — into believing that this situation does not affect them. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Three years of hot summers and winters lacking adequate snowfall are taking their toll on Dwayne Combs and other ranchers trying to make a living from the Nevada’s already dry landscape.
The Colorado River, which supports nearly 40 million people and seven states that cumulatively represent the world’s fifth-largest economy, is facing a slow-motion natural disaster.
The Albuquerque metropolitan area is in the midst of a double-dip recession, the Brookings Institution reported Wednesday.
Las Vegas is back near the top for job growth, though two new reports have thrown some cold water on a hot recovery.
LAS VEGAS, Jun. 03 /CSRwire/ - The MGM Resorts Foundation is proud to announce Pat Mulroy as a speaker at the 2014 Women’s Leadership Conference. The non-profit event will be held at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV Aug. 6 and 7.
Next week, Singapore will host an international conference on water, which is fitting — the island country struggles to find enough fresh water to serve its population.
A delegation from Nevada is headed to Singapore this week to officially launch a new water-related economic development initiative on the world stage.
LAS VEGAS — Patricia Mulroy, who oversaw the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s (SNWA) development during the region’s greatest period of growth, will join the newly formed Nevada Center of Excellence at Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) next month, according to a press release.