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Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

UNLV's Beam Hall will reopen next month after closing in December following the Dec. 6 shooting inside the building that left three faculty members dead and another seriously injured.

The Nevadan

It’s been nearly two years since the Biden-Harris administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Since then, the law’s provisions on prescription drugs have lowered prices for Medicare users across the country, including thousands of Nevadans.

Las Vegas Review Journal

With the help of Las Vegas’ favorite sports teams, the Southern Nevada Water Authority is again asking residents to pay closer attention to how they water their lawns.

ABA Journal

California is creating its own bar exam. The ABA approved additional pathways to licensure. States are lowering bar pass cut scores. And the NextGen Bar exam launches in 2026. The typically slow-moving wheels of bar exam reform have sped up in the past few months, creating a pileup of changes that some experts say makes this a key moment for the venerated-yet-dreaded licensing exam.

Infobae

The passage of time has always fascinated the human mind. Tools to measure time were the first to be developed at the dawn of civilization. And each person has his or her own record of time, which sometimes seems to stretch or contract depending on the activity being performed. This perception often depends on the boredom or amusement of the situation being experienced.

Desert Companion

"They’re living beings that come and go,” Lisa Ortega says, swaying slightly, full of kinetic energy. “And they’re misunderstood. They just can’t be the only answer.” She’s talking about trees, of course. Ortega is the executive director of Nevada Plants, a tree-planting nonprofit she founded in 2021. While environmentalists have long been stereotyped as “treehuggers,” we’ve come to learn that simple acts, such as planting trees, are part of a much broader network of solutions to a more complex set of problems.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Southwest Airlines will begin assigning seats on its flights next year and launch late-night “red-eyes” from Las Vegas to Orlando, Florida, and Baltimore in February, the company announced Thursday.

Business Insider

Southwest Airlines is ending its unique open-seating policy after more than 50 years. The airline said its research found 80% of customers preferred assigned seating.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Along Boulder Highway near a neighborhood of chemical plants is a part of Henderson that has come to be known, disparagingly, as “Hendertucky.” But, where did that less-than-flattering nickname for the area come from?

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