UNLV kicked off homecoming week Tuesday by unveiling a new street name intended to better tie in the university to the community surrounding it.

Kudos to Bernie Sanders for focusing the health care debate on Medicare-for-All reform. Kudos to Elizabeth Warren for a very smart plan to get us there. What’s special about the Warren proposal is that it’s not just a health care plan. Warren tackles two critical problems. She fully addresses the problem of the uninsured, and she does so by amplifying her other policies to promote economic equality.

8 News Now produces community news special to highlight and honor the Valley’s Veterans. The half-hour special aired on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 at 6:30pm on KLAS Ch. 8.

The legal status of about 700,000 young people is on the line today. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of DACA.

The Tudinu, or “desert people”, from whom the Las Vegas Paiute descend, have lived in southern Nevada for more than 1,000 years, spending summers in the mountains and winters by a valley spring until the area was taken over by white settlers. They worked as ranch hands for several decades, and in 1970, the Las Vegas Paiutes became recognized as a sovereign nation, after which they launched several businesses.

Swenson Street will be officially renamed University Center Drive on Tuesday as part of UNLV's homecoming week celebrations.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether or not the Trump administration has legal authority to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was created during the Obama administration.

UNLV received an anonymous challenge donation of $1 million for the Student-Athlete Excellence Center, meaning any pledges up to that amount will be matched for the new initiative.

During the 1970s, the MGM Hotel was the grandest of them all, but there was a popular novel that would change the way people think of our growing city. However, it’s the end of the King’s reign that many people will never forget.