Casino mogul Steve Wynn is feeling pressure to weigh the cost of new ventures like a $1.6 billion Everett gaming palace amid sharp revenue declines in Macau — though the company and analysts are confident the Bay State project is insulated from downturns in the Chinese gambling mecca.

A $539 million budget for the Metropolitan Police Department received preliminary approval Monday morning.

Ramona Denby-Brinson is the 2015 recipient of the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award. She’s the first woman to receive that recognition.

Research and analysis firm Applied Analysis has reached a unique public-private agreement with UNLV that gives the university’s professors, researchers and students access to MyResearcher.com, a powerful real-time data analysis tool.

About 100 miles east of Los Angeles, Palm Springs, with its cloudless skies, bright sunshine and warm temperatures, was the desert playground of golden-era Hollywood.

A two-year slide in gold and quieter casino tables have opened a $170 million hole in Nevada’s budget even as its economy booms, pushing Governor Brian Sandoval to rethink dependence on mining and gambling.