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With a decade of experience in community health and policy, Emylia Terry brings her commitment to health equity back to UNLV as an assistant professor.

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Some of the biggest news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Scholars bring their expertise in American politics, workforce development, financial regulation, federal assistance programs, college access, and community-based planning.

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A collection of the most prominent news stories from last month featuring UNLV staff and students.

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Join fellow Rebels on March 27 in a day of giving, celebration, and friendly competition — all for a great cause.

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Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

Brookings Mountain West In The News

PBS

A government shutdown is underway, and NV Senator Catherine Cortez Masto voted with Republicans to avoid it. David Damore, Executive Director of The Lincy Institute & Brookings Mountain West, discusses this and Governor Lombardo’s call for a special legislative session. Plus, the work a NV teenager did on a newly passed antisemitism bill and how the Raiders are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

Nevada Independent

A charter provision allows the city’s demographer to use internal figures that factor in the area’s rapid growth — resulting in seven changes in 15 years.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Here in Nevada, no mid-decade redistricting has ever been attempted. But that doesn't mean the state hasn't seen its share of redistricting drama on both sides of the aisle. And while repeated attempts to turn redistricting over to an independent commission here have failed, one proponent of the idea says she'll try again this year.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Lawmakers in the Nevada Legislature are staring down a busy final week of the 120-day session. Friday was the last major deadline for the Silver State’s part-time legislature. But the work is far from over for hundreds of exempt bills, many of which have the biggest potential impacts on Nevadans — and looming uncertainty around cuts from the federal government could bring a special session later this year.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Lawmakers and supporters of two bills for tax credits for movie studio campuses are ramping up their calls for approval, as both face further support and scrutiny amid the state’s projected shortfalls. The clock is ticking until the end of the 2025 Legislative session.

Nevada Current

Local elected officials, planning and transportation representatives along with developers gathered Thursday around a central question: how do we address Southern Nevada’s ongoing housing shortage?

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Recent Brookings Mountain West Accomplishments

Michael Brown, David Damore, and William Brown (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) author "Understanding Film Tax Credits in Nevada and Nationally," a recently published policy primer that provides an overview of Nevada’s transferable tax credit program for film and other productions, including the program’s legislative history and…
David Damore, Caitlin Saladino, and William Brown (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) author a newly published policy brief, "Nevada's Healthcare and Education Workforce Pipelines," that utilizes the Nevada P-20 to Workforce Research Data System (NPWR) and data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to explore Nevada’s…
In early 2020, The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West launched the Data Hub, a resource for current and historical public policy data on Las Vegas, the State of Nevada, and the Mountain West region. The Data Hub provides policymakers, legislators, researchers, students and faculty, and the general public with electronic access to data and…
Celene Fuller (Sociology) was recently announced as the 2025-2026 Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellow. The Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship is awarded annually to an outstanding UNLV Ph.D. student completing a dissertation in metropolitan public policy broadly defined with special consideration given to applicants focusing their research on the…
Isabelle Graham (Economics; Brookings Mountain West; The Lincy Institute) and Zachary Billot (Political Science ’24) will represent Nevada and California respectively at the 2025 Western Governors' Leadership Institute (WGLI) Annual Meeting. The WGLI is a prestigious program developed by the Western Governors' Association to…
David Damore, Caitlin Saladino, and William Brown (all Brookings Mountain West) recently published a commentary piece in a Brookings Institution blog titled, "A constitutional amendment to change higher education governance in Nevada." Their piece discusses the history and implications of ballot Question 1 which appears in the upcoming State of…