In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Market Watch

A group of college professors is rallying in support of consumers’ right to sue. Some 423 law school, university and college professors are sending a letter to two senators, encouraging them to support a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has passed.

Nevada Independent

Technology companies want the wastewater. The cities produce a steady supply of it.

Outside

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke left much to the public imagination when he submitted his review of the 26 national monuments designated since 1996. His eight-paragraph summary mentioned no monuments by name. Zinke did, however, seek to make one point clear: “...there is no doubt that President [Donald] Trump has the authority to review and consider recommendations to modify or add a monument.”

NPR

The long lines of early voters outside Cardenas market became a lasting image of the 2016 presidential vote in Nevada. Latinos turned out in force at the Latin American grocery store in Las Vegas, helping deliver the state to Hillary Clinton.

KSNV-TV: News 3

It's an emotional day for thousands of DREAMers living, working, and going to school here in Nevada -- all of them now living with uncertain futures.

Las Vegas Sun

Attorney Michael Kagan joins community organizations, activists and representatives at the East Las Vegas Community Center to discuss what President Donald Trump’s DACA decision means for the 13,000 Nevada DACA recipients on Tuesday,

The Oregonian

Sergio Martinez returned to Portland after nearly a decade's absence. But he'd been busy in the meantime: Deported 12 times. Convicted three times for illegal re-entry. A rap sheet of crimes from burglary to theft in three states.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada’s Medicaid program, caught in the political crossfire over rising health-care costs, is far different than the limited federal-state health insurance partnership for the “deserving poor” that President Lyndon Johnson unveiled in 1965.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A national nonprofit dedicated to clean energy, health care and immigration advocacy will invest millions of dollars over the next several years to make legal resources available to immigrants.

The Nevada Independent

Billionaire California philanthropist Tom Steyer, whose $91 million in contributions to liberal candidates and causes in the 2016 cycle made him the biggest individual political donor in the country, is taking up a new mission — ensuring people in danger of deportation get a lawyer.

ThisisReno

The Reno City Council voted today to proceed with the agreement.

The Daily Meal

Intriguingly, in a report assessing health care opportunities and outcomes in all 50 states, Hawaii ranked number one. We often talk about “American health care” like it’s a nationwide thing, but it actually varies a whole lot from state to state. Not to say you should pack up and move just for the health care, but if you’re looking to save some of your hard-earned cash on medical bills, it should probably be a factor.