Prominent Black leaders like Woodrow Wilson (not the U.S. president) had to fight tooth and nail to have access to the legislative process. Wilson was Nevada’s first Black legislator who moved to Las Vegas in 1966, at the height of segregation, according to an oral history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

According to the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety and the Transportation Research Center at UNLV, already in 2025, just two months into the year, there have been 15 pedestrian fatalities in Clark County.

Nevada education leaders are reviewing demands of a recent U.S. Department of Education memo for American schools ordering institutions to eradicate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding.

Twenty-five years ago, Clark County had a population of 1.4 million but no medical school. The lone medical school was in Washoe County, which had four times fewer people. But today, four schools in Southern Nevada offer medical doctorates.

Alpine Securities is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider taking its years-long case against the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, potentially setting up a showdown that could cripple the brokerage regulator—and other self-regulatory organizations like it.

Many travelers live in fear of bed bugs. The small pests are most commonly found in hotel rooms. However, a couple of years ago, visitors to Paris learned that nearly an entire city can become infested. In Paris, bed bugs were stopped everywhere, from movie theatres to the metro.

Six preschoolers on Monday morning donned tiny yellow hard hats and picked up miniature plastic shovels while digging into a small pile of dirt outside the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center at UNLV.

Six preschoolers on Monday morning donned tiny yellow hard hats and picked up miniature plastic shovels while digging into a small pile of dirt outside the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center at UNLV.

Leah Grinvald, dean and Richard J. Morgan professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, announced the establishment of four new endowment funds created by alumni, totaling $311,000 in pledged contributions. Monica and Paul Janda pledged $200,000 to name the Janda Family Student Lounge. Jenny Lee established the Jenny Legal Endowed Scholarship with a pledge of $50,000. Her contribution also includes a $1,000 donation to the campus food pantry. Jessica and Jim Murphy established the Murphy Family Endowed Scholarship with a pledge of $30,000 to support first-generation students from Nevada who wish to attend the law school. Adrian Karimi established the Adrian Karimi Endowed Scholarship with a gift of $30,000 to support first-generation students pursuing a legal education.