Washington wants to give swing states such as Nevada money, and Nevada needs to let Washington give it.
After years of record foreclosures and job losses, the Sun Belt is recovering some of its lost appeal as the population begins to grow again in counties from Florida to Arizona.
Republicans have made immigration reform a priority after last November's election. But how will the left and the right bridge the gap that exists in what that reform should look like? Brookings researcher Audrey Singer will speak at UNLV in March. She joins us to talk immigration reform.
Over the past three months, minority business organizations in California and Nevada have met in high-speed train diversity summits centered on the prospect of the $6.9 billion XpressWest train project planned between Las Vegas and Southern California.
Economists who have been calculating gross domestic product and trade deficits for years have turned their attention to happiness. They want to know what makes people happy, and what governments can do to promote more happiness in their citizens. But first they have to know how to measure happiness in the first place. So what does happiness mean to you? And do you know what you need to achieve happiness?
More than 100 state and local government leaders took part in a Thursday morning gathering at UNLV to help set the stage for a more unified voice from Southern Nevada when the 2013 Legislature opens next month.
The nation's population growth remains near historic lows as it struggles to recover from the Great Recession, new Census estimates show.
Don’t look now, but our business community is going to grow exponentially overnight in a few years.
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Despite repeated attempts over the past decades to create a plan to curb carbon emissions on a global scale, international efforts to stymie the growing threat of climate change have largely fallen short, Brookings Institution Fellow Joshua Meltzer said during a lecture at UNLV Tuesday night.
President Barack Obama's election victory exposed tectonic demographic shifts in American society that are reordering the U.S. political landscape.
Experts say that clean energy, such as wind and solar, is good for the environment. But studies show it also can be good for our nation's economy. Brookings Institute scholar Adele Morris will take a look at how clean energy can boost our economy, and what states and local governments should be doing to build a clean energy industry.
Nuclear arms were created during the 1940s, and were used as a deterrent during the Cold War. Since then, the world has had to figure out how to handle the world's deadliest weapons. A presentation on Wednesday will explore challenges and opportunities facing Washington D.C. following the 2012 presidential elections in Russia and the U.S.
A recent article by my colleague Joe Schoenmann in the Las Vegas Sun discussed a few Zappos employees feeling uneasy about their new Downtown digs.
There was a time when the United States was seen as the one global leader. But that is no longer the case, as China, Brazil and others increase their global clout. But while there are now more players on the global stage, the United States and the West still remain central to managing the new global order.
After decades of decline, America's downtowns are once again attracting not just workers and shoppers but residents.
Since the oil embargo of 1973, the US has struggled to implement a sustainable and comprehensive national energy policy. We'll talk with John Banks, a Brookings Institute nonfellow in foreign policy and energy security about what is impacting the energy policy debate.
Late last month, President Barack Obama issued an executive order intended to spur job creation in manufacturing.
Just off the graveyard shift, Aaron Starks refuels with coffee in the early-morning quiet of the student union at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, steeling himself for his classes in electrical engineering.
Nevada was one of the states most affected by the economic downturn, which meant it also had to deal with one of the nation's worst state budget shortfalls in 2011. So what did state and local governments do well during the downturn? And what could we have done better?
Colorado Springs, plagued by high unemployment, continues to struggle to find traction in its recovery from the recession, a report by the Brookings Institution finds.
I thank Brian Greenspun for allowing me to again steer this column for a day. It’s an honor to be entrusted with this seat and to share thoughts with and about the community that I embrace so dearly.
On the plane, after a debaucherous weekend in Las Vegas, or after a tamer mid-week convention, you might look down at the neon and twinkling sprawl and sigh.
To the list of the nation's summer disasters including floods, fires, and drought you can add a $30 million budget hole in North Las Vegas, Nevada.