Experts In The News

Desert Companion

Two poorly paid Las Vegas attorneys help immigrant children deal with America’s legal system — but the program may be doomed.

Las Vegas Review Journal

People moving to Clark County from other places in the United States are at a five-year high, data released by the U.S. Census on Thursday show.

Ed Prep Matters

In advance of the 68th Annual Meeting, AACTE held a press briefing last month at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, focused on educator preparation providers’ work to address the teacher shortages in Nevada.

High Country News

At a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas last October, a Colombian emigrant named Myriam Witcher walked out onto the stage, her black ponytail swinging. She clutched a tiny American flag and a copy of People magazine with the billionaire Republican front-runner featured on the cover. “I’m Hispanic, and I vote for Mr. Trump!” she cried. “We love you, all the way to the White House!”

New York Magazine

Chelsea Lane was a freshman at Reed, the esteemed liberal-arts college in Portland, Oregon, when she first became ­interested in sex work. Someone in her humanities class had a Tumblr about being a prostitute, prompting a lively debate among fellow students over whether they could ever sell their bodies. “I started reading sex workers’ blogs,” Lane explains. The women behind the blogs sounded confident, financially secure. “And within Reed, it was like, ‘That’s cool. That’s edgy.’ ”

Las Vegas Review Journal

Henderson city officials say their police department can be objective in the investigation of the unexpected death of a Municipal Court judge whose body was found in her home on March 13.

Sacramento Bee

Positive HIV tests of adult film stars have repeatedly rattled the pornography industry in recent years, amplifying calls to better protect performers.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

President Obama has nominated the Chief Judge of the DC Court of Appeals, 63-year-old Merrick Garland, to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court. And almost immediately, Senate Republicans, who control the chamber, said Wednesday they will refuse to hold hearings.