Before the lights and the cameras and the action of Hollywood can come to Nevada, there must come approval of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives. That’s the position of two major film studios hoping to build production studios in the Las Vegas Valley.

About half a block away from where a now-viral TikTok was filmed showing racist harassment against a Black man sits a state historical marker titled “African Americans and the Boston Saloon.” It details the story of William A.G. Brown — a freeborn Black man who, between 1866 and 1875, operated the Boston Saloon, one of the mining boomtown’s best known taverns. Decorated with intricate gas lamps and crystal goblets, the saloon offered an upscale atmosphere that contrasted the stereotypical image of a seedy saloon — even recognized by figures such as Mark Twain.

About half a block away from where a now-viral TikTok was filmed showing racist harassment against a Black man sits a state historical marker titled “African Americans and the Boston Saloon.” It details the story of William A.G. Brown — a freeborn Black man who, between 1866 and 1875, operated the Boston Saloon, one of the mining boomtown’s best known taverns. Decorated with intricate gas lamps and crystal goblets, the saloon offered an upscale atmosphere that contrasted the stereotypical image of a seedy saloon — even recognized by figures such as Mark Twain.

With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of electioneering is clothing, which is a silent, powerful way for candidates to tell the American public who they are.

Warner Bros. Discovery has big plans for a studio in Las Vegas, NV. The company announced it will partner with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Birtcher Development to operate Nevada Studios, a 34-acre media production complex at the UNLV Harry Reid Research & Technology Park. The deal is contingent on expanding Nevada’s film tax credit. The Nevada Studios would be renamed Warner Bros. Studios Nevada and have complete production studios.

Thousands of students have returned to campus at UNLV this week in preparation for classes that start on Monday. The fall semester will see record-breaking enrollment numbers for the university with 32,000 students expected to attend classes this fall. Around one-third of those students are new students coming to campus for the first time.

Can the major industries of gaming and cannabis ever co-exist in Nevada? Policy experts, industry insiders and local leaders are discussing the possibilities within state law, all to give tourists and locals more consumer options. UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute and the UNLV International Gaming Institute recently held a panel on federal regulations, state and local laws, and interest from industry leaders in gaming and cannabis.

UNLV reopened Beam Hall after the deadly campus shooting this summer for fall students.

UNLV is considering selling the 69-acre Sam Boyd Stadium site to Clark County for $5 million. The potential transaction will be discussed at next month’s Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting, set for Sept. 5-6 in Carson City. Discussing the potential deal could set the matter for a vote at a future board meeting, according to the agenda background material for September’s meeting.