The people poked the mighty dragon that is the Nevada establishment. And the mighty dragon roared. And the Nevada establishment won again.

Gov. Brian Sandoval hailed Catamaran LLC as “exactly the kind of company we’re trying to attract to Nevada” at a Friday event on a picture-perfect day at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in the southwest valley.

The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance has officially rolled out a new networking program to connect business owners with economic development officials to improve and expand the economy with new jobs.

The Colorado River, which supports nearly 40 million people and seven states that cumulatively represent the world’s fifth-largest economy, is facing a slow-motion natural disaster.

On May 6, the Obama Administration released its third National Climate Assessment, a report on climate change and its impact on regions across the country.

Ted Hartwell is a victim of the federal government shutdown. He is one of several researchers at the Desert Research Institute who have been told by the federal government to stop working. The institute is the research arm of the Nevada System of Higher Education. In 2011-12, about 81 percent of its research projects were funded by federal dollars.