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This Black History Month, Channel 13 is honoring a woman who has long championed the rights of low-income families in Nevada. From leading marches on the Las Vegas Strip, to starting an innovative nonprofit in the Historic Westside, Ruby Duncan is a changemaker whose legacy has left a lasting impact.
According to a survey by a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the use of TikTok by supporters of the Kuomintang or Democratic Progressive Party does not have a significant impact on political attitudes, but supporters of the centrist People's Party change from supporting Taiwanese independence to opposing Taiwanese independence. It was found that there was a tendency to change from a pro-American orientation to a pro-China orientation.
More Americans are unattached these days and that is turning out to be a good thing for retailers

Traffic fatalities took over at the start of 2024, with more fatalities in January than days of the month, according to the Road Equity Alliance Project.
Thirty years ago this winter, during the middle of the last media dinosaur age — that is, when a print magazine could be a cultural event — Time magazine put Las Vegas on its cover.
A Las Vegas startup backed by the likes of supermodel Cindy Crawford has one of the best inventions of 2023, according to Time magazine. Headquartered at UNLV’s Black Fire Innovation building, within the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in the southwest valley, Katalyst went into overdrive after receiving $26 million in series A funding in 2022 from New York-based investment firm Stripes, with participation from Incisive Ventures, Unlock Venture Partners, Robert Nelsen, Crawford and Rande Gerber.
Two days after Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman publicly communicated doubts about the plan to demolish the Tropicana Las Vegas and build a new stadium for the Oakland Athletics in its place, a longtime Tropicana employee expressed her sadness to be losing a home away from home.
After a competitive public bidding process, Aramark(the incumbent provider) was awarded the UNLV Dining Services Contract. Construction projects will begin immediately, with the Taco Bell location in the Student Union transitioning to a Qdoba. Other changes will be a Panera Express coming to campus, as well as sushi being offered in the Dining Commons
Gaming metaverse platform Land Vegas announced that it has successfully concluded its participation in the exclusive Innovation Launchpad program , organized by Zero Labs in collaboration with the UNLV Office of Economic Development (OED) and supported by the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) from Nevada.