Is Las Vegas the new Silicon Valley? A new venture fund is giving local start-up companies the money they need to succeed.

A recent survey of sex workers in Nevada found nearly all lack confidence in the criminal legal system and feel law enforcement doesn’t take sexual assault allegations seriously.

UNLV President Chris Heavey and University Police Department Chief Arnold Vasquez announced plans to boost campus security with more full-time officers and a new Campus Service Officer (CSO) program set to launch this summer. The university's contract with a supplemental private security company will conclude on June 30.

Researchers report record West Nile virus cases in the Southwest as invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes continue spreading across Clark County.

UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute (CPI) and International Gaming Institute (IGI) will host the latest installment of CPI’s Cannabis Speakers Series with a panel discussion titled “Cannabis & Gaming,” set for 1:30 p.m. PST on Monday (May 19) in the William S. Boyd School of Law’s moot courtroom and online.

UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute (CPI) and International Gaming Institute (IGI) will host the latest installment of CPI’s Cannabis Speakers Series with a panel discussion titled “Cannabis & Gaming,” set for 1:30 p.m. PST on Monday (May 19) in the William S. Boyd School of Law’s moot courtroom and online.

UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute (CPI) and International Gaming Institute (IGI) will host the latest installment of CPI’s Cannabis Speakers Series with a panel discussion titled “Cannabis & Gaming,” set for 1:30 p.m. PST on Monday (May 19) in the William S. Boyd School of Law’s moot courtroom and online.

May is Skin Safety Awareness Month. More than a decade ago, in 2014, the U.S. Surgeon General called skin cancer a public health crisis due to the alarming growth in cases. While Nevada ranks 33rd in the country for skin cancer, the American Cancer Society projects that more than a thousand Nevadans will be diagnosed with melanoma this year. So, is preventing it as simple as applying sunscreen? Or is that even simple?

Gov. Joe Lombardo proposed reforming health care in Nevada in his final priority bill introduced Thursday — less than three weeks from the end of the legislative session. Senate Bill 495, called the Nevada Healthcare Act, would tackle the state’s health care provider shortage, expand mental health services and streamline health care, Lombardo said while flanked by dozens of medical students, educators and doctors for the introductory news conference.