Nevada’s Hispanic population has surged in the last decade, increasing from 19.7 percent of the total population in 2000 to 27.3 percent in 2012, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures.

Persuading tech companies to move to Las Vegas can be a tough sell.

The UNLV Campus Improvement Authority Board will begin seeking applications next month for an experienced consulting company who will help study how state, university and business leaders can build an on-campus stadium that they hope will bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the Las Vegas economy. The 11-member stadium authority has been charged by the Legislature with studying and recommending a cost, scope and financing plan for a UNLV football stadium that will host several major events each year. The consulting company, which is expected to be hired by mid-December, will serve the role of a project manager and help the stadium board deliver a comprehensive report to state lawmakers by Sept. 30.

As Las Vegas and Southern Nevada continue to emerge from the Great Recession, our regional leaders are engaging in a concerted effort to acquire the basic urban infrastructure needs essential for our growth. The opportunity is here to promote economic diversification while gauging infrastructure assets and deficits. On the plus side, Las Vegas possesses a high-capacity and globally connected airport and a world-class performing arts center, and a major downtown redevelopment effort is underway. Our region is, of course, home to the largest convention and hotel complex in the U.S.

Living alone? You've got company. More than one in four households had just a single person in 2012, greater than at any time in the past century, according to new Census Bureau findings. In 1970, one-person households accounted for just under one in six. In 1900, it was one in 20.

Who keeps more of Southern Nevada’s federal tax money — Washington, D.C., or Carson City? Turns out it’s a toss-up. So how do we fix the problem? With D.C., we need to get in the game. With Carson City, we need to change the game.

Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell says Las Vegas has the potential to be a “sleeper city,” that is, one that surprises the rest of the country and the world with its innovation and industry.

Gerald Gardner, the governor’s chief of staff, told the Nevada Senate Finance Committee on June 2 that he “disagrees that there is disparity in the distribution of (highway) construction money (between Clark County and the rest of the state).” Rudy Malfabon, head of Nevada’s Department of Transportation, echoed this claim and submitted data that showed a rough parity based on taxes paid in the “state highway construction funds in the past five years.” These misleading statements suggest the appearance of equity in state road construction money, ignore huge disparities in highway maintenance funds and exclude massive expenditures of federal dollars.