The Nevada Independent sat down with DRI President Kumud Acharya to break down how COVID affected research in the midst of ongoing climate, weather and resource challenges, as well as what could come next for the state’s sole research institution.

As the debate over critical race theory and schools reaches a fever pitch, the two national teachers’ unions are entering the fray, vowing to defend their members against any backlash over how they teach about the nation’s complicated history with race and racism.

Right now, only those ages 12 and older can get the vaccine. It is still unclear when younger kids will be able to receive theirs.

School district leaders might deny that they’re openly teaching critical race theory, but the nation’s largest teachers union is launching a campaign to have them do just that.

Last month, a report released by UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research suggested that Las Vegas is about to start its economic recovery this summer. The report predicted growth in terms of hotel occupancy, as well as gambling revenue and an increase in the number of visitors.

Las Vegas, dubbed the riskiest housing market in the nation less than a year ago by real estate analyst CoreLogic, is on track to price the working class out of the market by the end of the year, says Las Vegas Realtors president Aldo Martinez, and Wall Street is scrambling to scoop up the rentals would-be buyers will be forced to lease.

Jorge Olivera Castillo, a Cuban poet, fiction writer and journalist, takes up a five-month residency in downtown Las Vegas this month.

Second-year UNLV School of Medicine student Cynthia Lee and Dr. H.L. Greenberg, board-certified dermatologist and owner of Las Vegas Dermatology, joined us to talk about their findings.

July 1 marked a new day in college sports, as the NCAA — a bastion of amateurism since its inception — has now begun allowing student-athletes to profit off their fame.