In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

The number of people detained by immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nevada continues to grow, with now 425 detainees being held at two facilities in southern Nevada, the Henderson Detention Center and the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump.

On Friday morning, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced in a press release that it had arrested eight “child sex predators” as part of a multiagency undercover operation over the last two weeks. But the arrest of 38-year-old Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a senior official for Israel's National Cyber Directorate, quickly overshadowed the news, especially after news outlets reported that he had returned to Israel last weekend.
For immigrants in the U.S. attempting to avoid deportation but still trying to play by the rules as best they can, the masked federal officers roaming the streets aren’t their only worry. It turns out the records they provided the government, such as tax and medical information, could be their undoing now that the Trump administration is using that data to locate them and their families.

With a new school year underway, Clark County School District teachers are on the verge of obtaining a new contract that would usher in a host of changes for educators in the nation’s fifth-largest school district. The Clark County School Board is set to vote Tuesday on whether to approve the proposed contract in a special meeting.

In the spring of 2002, everything we believed to be true about our water future was upended. A mere 25% of normal runoff cascaded off the slopes of the Rockies and what was to become the most devastating drought in modern times began. In the early years, many desperately wanted to believe this was a temporary phenomenon, but it wasn’t long before their hopes were dashed. A dramatic shift in climate patterns was upon us, and we had to scramble to adapt.
Our guests discuss the biggest labor story of the preceding week and the labor story everyone should be talking about over the next two weeks.

Gov. Joe Lombardo is in the process of authorizing the Nevada National Guard to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his spokesperson confirmed Friday afternoon.

Fortune 500 corporations, some of America’s biggest companies, are moving to Nevada. More than a dozen have changed their official addresses to the Silver State in recent years. But why? FOX5 went one-on-one with a UNLV law professor to find out.

Nevada landed on a federal list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” last week despite having no prohibitions on officials cooperating with immigration enforcement agents, stirring confusion about what exactly triggered the designation.
Andreessen Horowitz wants startup founders to reconsider their relationship with Delaware — but the venture firm's own breakup with the state is more complicated than it seems. On July 22, the VC giant executed the plan it teased in a blog post earlier in the month, registering three new entities in Nevada: a16z Capital Management LLC, a16z Holdings LLC, and a16z Development LLC. The move wasn't just administrative — it was meant as a signal, part of the firm's effort to convince founders that Delaware shouldn't be the default choice for forming their companies.

Nevada is one of a dozen states labeled by the Trump administration as a so-called “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, according to a list unveiled Tuesday by the Department of Justice.

When Susana Pacheco accepted a housekeeping job 16 years ago at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip, she believed it was a step toward stability for her and her 2-year-old daughter. But the single mom found herself exhausted, falling behind on bills and without access to stable health insurance, caught in a cycle of low pay and little support. For years, she said, there was no safety net in sight — until now.