Stephanie Booker, associate director for enforcement, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, recently gave a speech at the Nevada Bar Association’s Bank Secrecy Act Conference in Las Vegas. Involved in the conference were the State Bar of Nevada’s Gaming Law Section, the American Gaming Association and the University of Nevada–Las Vegas’ International Gaming Institute.

Trauma is big news these days. Mainstream media is full of stories about the dramatic improvements allowing science to see more clearly how trauma affects our bodies, minds and even our genes. Much of the coverage hails the scientific connection between trauma and illness as a breakthrough for modern medicine. The next breakthrough will be how trauma affects our offspring.

The namesake himself showed up for the ribbon-cutting for the first business to open in the UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park, located in the southwest valley.

Economic development in Nevada has a direct, deliberate, effect on Nevada’s technology industry. Then again, Nevada’s technology industry is having a definite effect on economic development. It’s like the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials – where the collision of chocolate and peanut butter create a happy symbiosis.

For a travel destination that offers helicopter tours and jaunts in rented luxury vehicles, getting from point A to point B in Las Vegas can nonetheless pose a challenge.

Earlier this month, Roger Swain was riding his bicycle along Sahara Avenue, because his usually route along Oakey Boulevard was disrupted by construction, while riding to work he was hit by a car.

Clark County is about to get a fresh group of newly trained teachers all thanks to a program at UNLV.

The $10 million that state lawmakers approved to help recruit new teachers may not arrive in Clark County School District coffers for several more weeks.

When state lawmakers wanted ideas about how to improve the state’s community colleges last year, the Nevada System of Higher Education hired a Colorado-based think tank to scrutinize the four schools.