In The News: Lee Business School

Las Vegas Review Journal

Bogdan Popa was feeling discouraged at a September job fair at Boulevard Mall. He was out of work, and he wanted to stand out among job-seekers by meeting recruiters in person. Instead, he kept being directed to online applications. The job search was making him depressed, he said.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The number of old buildings in Clark County is going to dramatically increase over the next decade, according to a new study.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is still compiling results from its recent five-day sale, but early indications are beginning to show how successful the promotion may have been.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The anaconda snake wraps its body around its prey, preventing it from moving freely before squeezing it to death. When it comes to land, the federal government is doing something similar in Clark County. As a percentage, Washington owns more of Nevada than any other state, and it’s not close. The feds control more than 80 percent of Nevada’s land, more than 56 million acres. In Utah, the next highest, it’s around 63 percent.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Housing in Las Vegas has become increasingly unaffordable over the past two decades, according to Prof. Nicholas Irwin, research director at the UNLV Lied Center for Real Estate.

New York Post

Once a familiar sight in American lunchboxes, olive loaf, a processed deli meat studded with green olives and red pimentos, has nearly disappeared from shelves.

Fox News

Once a familiar sight in American lunchboxes, olive loaf, a processed deli meat studded with green olives and red pimentos, has nearly disappeared from shelves.

Mortgage Research Network

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted at the housing emergency declaration during a Labor Day interview with the Washington Examiner. While Bessent hasn’t offered specifics, he told the Examiner that standardizing local building and zoning codes and decreasing closing costs are some options. The Treasury Department did not respond to requests for an interview for this story.

Nevada Independent

The suddenly fraught future of the Thacker Pass lithium mine cleared an unexpected hurdle on Tuesday, after the Trump administration agreed to release the first part of a loan critical to the Nevada project’s development in exchange for the U.S. government taking a stake in the effort.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Washington is bracing for a government shutdown as federal agencies prepare to halt non-essential operations at midnight. Stephen M. Miller, a professor of economics, explained the potential consequences for local residents, particularly veterans who rely on federal services.

New York Times

As prices skyrocket and international travel declines, the city finds itself caught in a perfect storm.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Tonya Harvey is always on the go as a freelance photographer, and when she needs a quick pick-me-up, she’ll order a kids’ meal. “I don’t want to waste the whole workout for the morning, but I’m hungry in between gigs and its just enough, gets you through one gig to the next,” Harvey said. “I don’t do it everyday.” And she’s not alone. Lightspeed Commerce surveyed around 44% of adults who order from the kids’ menus at restaurants.