UNLV political science professor, Dr. Rebecca Gill talks with us on ARC Las Vegas about the developments to get the Epstein files released and the process to get something like this passed.

The House and Senate have voted to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, though not all documents will be made public. Dr. Michael Green, chair of the history department at UNLV, explained that an ongoing investigation into Epstein and his crimes is the reason for the limited release.

When John F. Miller was building a hotel in Las Vegas, a local paper reported he was sparing no expense. The rooms were large, well-lit and ventilated, and electric lights and a telephone system were being installed. All told, the hotel would be a “credit to Las Vegas and as comfortable a hostelry as can be found anywhere,” the Las Vegas Age declared in 1906.

UNLV assistant professor-in-residence for the Intercollegiate and Professional Sports Management (IPSM) program Michelle Calica Coyner and UNLV professor of sociology & hospitality and expert on Gaming and Economic Development Dr. Bo Bernhard join the show. We explore the depths of the IPSM program & how UNLV is continuing to grow the opportunities for students wanting to get involved in sports, as well as ways to help Hawai'i benefit from the changing landscape of gambling and sports - the growing the "fun economy" on the way.

Who is Santa Claus and what's his origin story? Why do we decorate a pine tree with lights? What is Yule and why does it have a log? When did gift-giving become a thing for Christmas? They're the questions you probably have or get from your kids every holiday season. Dr. Katherine Walker wants to make sure you're armed with the answers.

Investors bought nearly a half-million homes in the Las Vegas Valley since 2009, according to a new report. Investors purchased approximately 492,634 homes since the start of the Great Recession and made up 23 percent of all home purchases in the valley last year, according to the latest report from UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate, which uses data from Redfin.

Selma Frances Abdallah spent her early childhood in New York City, and the family moved to Oklahoma when the Depression destroyed her parents’ jobs in the garment industry. Going to school in Oklahoma she met Troy Bartlett, who was in the Army Air Corps and later the air force. In 1945, they married, and Selma Bartlett earned her degree from Hill Business College in Oklahoma City. She worked at a bank there until Troy was transferred at Nellis Air Force Base in 1954.

Everyone inside America’s most flailing destination city has a theory for what’s wrong. Now I have my own.