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Gov. Joe Lombardo made righting Nevada’s economy a focus of his gubernatorial campaign. Now, as he begins his quest for re-election in 2026, critics contend he has failed to fulfill two central promises – to make housing more affordable and to lower the unemployment rate.

The 2025 Alzheimer’s Pipeline Report, released by the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, reveals dozens of promising drug trials that could bring hope to millions of families. The research happening in the Las Vegas valley is giving two local women hope.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is bringing back its Judicial Performance Evaluation, a survey meant to gauge the caliber of Clark County judges and inform voters and potential candidates.
Nevada’s rapidly growing population has reached a critical intersection with the region’s worsening water crisis, according to experts.

On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller called 911 to report that she was going to take her own life. Later that day, she was found dead of a gunshot wound in a state park — her death ruled a suicide. She had recently filed for legal separation from her husband, John-Paul Miller, a South Carolina pastor, and soon, allegations surfaced that he had abused her.

The UNLV Performing Arts Center is set to showcase an impressive array of talent for its 2025-26 season, featuring local, national, and internationally acclaimed artists.

In the high-stakes world of college athletics, victories on the field often overshadow those in the classroom. But at UNLV, a quiet revolution is taking place that deserves applause from every corner of the valley. In the spring 2025 semester, UNLV’s athletic department posted a record-breaking 3.36 cumulative GPA, its highest ever. It marks the 16th consecutive semester that UNLV’s student-athletes have achieved a department-wide GPA of 3.0 or higher.

A cannabis dispensary might seem like an unlikely place to play mahjong, the Chinese tile game typically associated with older Asian and Jewish adults, but that’s where Leah Flacco showed up on a recent Wednesday evening in Manhattan.

Every time you fly, you sit through the same safety demonstration, where flight attendants explain how to put an oxygen mask over your face and use your seat cushion as a flotation device. They also gesture toward the emergency exits—typically one in the front and one in the rear of the aircraft. Most of the time, there isn’t a reason to think about these emergency doors for the rest of the flight.
