In The News: School of Public Policy and Leadership

High Country News

On Jan. 8, 2018, the trial room on the seventh floor of the Las Vegas, Nevada, federal courthouse was packed with over a dozen reporters and at least five times as many spectators. At the front, facing the bench, was a 71-year-old rancher named Cliven Bundy.

Las Vegas Review Journal

For the second year in a row Las Vegas has been named the worst U.S. metropolitan area at providing affordable rental housing for its poorest families.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Football, basketball and other sports often draw talented athletes from beyond Nevada’s borders.

Las Vegas Review Journal

All new residences built in the city of Las Vegas will be required to have automatic sprinkler systems for fire suppression.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Big changes for homebuyers in the City of Las Vegas looking for a new build home. It’s a story News3 has been following for nearly nine months since Las Vegas City Council first looked at mandating residential fire sprinklers.

Bloomberg

He was the undisputed King of Las Vegas. His signature graced the side of the city’s fanciest casino and his gravelly voice greeted callers to the hotel. But now Wynn Resorts Ltd. will have to get used to life without Steve Wynn as CEO.

KNPR News

Now that the Bundys are out of jail and the judge dropped charges due to misconduct by federal prosecutors, all their troubles are over, right?

Mesquite Local News

he 2018 Homeless Census and Survey will launch on January 24th.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The information flow regarding a new bipartisan think tank to be housed at UNLV has been almost nonexistent, from both the university and the company funding the project, MGM Resorts International.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In the wake of 9/11, UNLV created a master’s degree in crisis and emergency management to give students the tools to respond to threats of terrorism.

NPR

The federal conspiracy trial against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is hitting right at the heart of the country's divide over information and truth.

KSNV-TV: News 3

When an active shooter turned up in Las Vegas, emergency managers were ready. Now, those same crisis managers are preparing for the Las Vegas New Year celebration and events like the Las Vegas Rock And Roll Marathon, next weekend.