Durrett said 30% percent of weed sales in the valley are in the illegal market, meaning the state loses out on $30 million in tax money.

OpenAI, the developer of the chatbot ChatGPT, released a report indicating that the Chinese government used ChatGPT to generate images and text to launch cyberattacks. Scholar Austin Horng-En Wang pointed out today that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has made related cyberattacks and cognitive warfare larger in scale and lower in cost.

The casino industry, especially in Las Vegas, has become a hotspot for cyber crime. According to a UNLV study last year, there were more than 50 confirmed cyber incidents involving Nevada gaming companies from 2007-2023, with most coming in the last decade.

February, Black History Month, is on its way out, but that doesn’t mean the issues affecting Nevada’s Black community are, too. One such issue is the state’s HIV/AIDS rate, which disproportionately impacts the local Black community. Clark County has a 36% higher rate of HIV than the United States average. And in 2023, HIV/AIDS affected more than 1,200 African Americans in Southern Nevada.

The seven states that share the Colorado River did not meet a deadline for an agreement on water cutbacks. What is next for this vital water source in the West?

A new study from the American Heart Association (AHA) warns the number of women living with cardiovascular disease could rise in the coming years.

Sunhaven will offer on-site social and health services and is designed for extremely low-income people who are homeless or at “imminent risk” of becoming homeless, according to a news release Wednesday. The UNLV Health Mojave Counseling clinic will provide clinical and case-management services at Sunhaven, and addiction-treatment group WestCare will offer life skills, crisis response and other resources, the release said.

The Las Vegas Valley is better prepared now for an economic downturn than it has been in the past but is still relatively exposed because of a lack of economic diversity, according to one of UNLV’s top economists.

Mr. Yosselof was founding executive director of the university’s Center for Gaming Innovation, and held the post up until 2020.