Nevada carries a reputation as a one-horse state, relying mainly on the leisure and hospitality sector. For example, in 2019, accommodation and food services made up 26 percent of Nevada’s workforce. For many years, policymakers and analysts have argued that Nevada needed to diversify its economy like its neighbors Arizona and Utah. This notion has proven salient multiple times, such as during the 2008 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, when Nevada, and especially the Las Vegas metro area, became ground zero for a national economic slump.

Nevada carries a reputation as a one-horse state, relying mainly on the leisure and hospitality sector. For example, in 2019, accommodation and food services made up 26 percent of Nevada’s workforce. For many years, policymakers and analysts have argued that Nevada needed to diversify its economy like its neighbors Arizona and Utah. This notion has proven salient multiple times, such as during the 2008 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, when Nevada, and especially the Las Vegas metro area, became ground zero for a national economic slump.

Starting today UNLV is officially a smoke-free campus. The new policy applies to all students, faculty, and visitors. It includes everything from tobacco, marijuana, e-cigarettes, and even chewing tobacco. 

A new forecast from UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER)shows substantial growth in Clark County’s population through 2060.

As of Monday, students and staff at UNLV are no longer allowed to smoke or vape indoors or outdoors.

On Monday, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) officially became a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus, joining approximately 2,000 other universities across the country that have already implemented this policy.

It's $125 million of cutting-edge medical education that could put Las Vegas on the medical map.

It's $125 million of cutting-edge medical education that could put Las Vegas on the medical map.

The natural disaster comes just two weeks after some of the most famous casinos - Circa Resort, Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood Casino, and the LINQ Hotel - were flooded due to monsoon rains.