In The News: Brookings Mountain West

Statewide, there is one mental health professional for every 460 residents, and every Nevada county is federally designated as having a mental health provider shortage, according to a separate 2023 study from the UNLV/Brookings Mountain West. Nevada would need 235 mental health professionals to eliminate the shortage designation.

Mayor Shelley Berkley, wearing a bright yellow blazer and even brighter smile, stood next to a podium in front of a small crowd Thursday morning inside the council chambers of Las Vegas City Hall, fielding questions from reporters.

A Nevada bill to back tax credits for a Warner Bros. campus has been introduced into the Senate, and the plans promise a $50 million training facility for in-state college students to train for two years.

Statewide, there is one mental health professional for every 460 residents, and every Nevada county is federally designated as having a mental health provider shortage, according to a separate 2023 study from the UNLV/Brookings Mountain West. Nevada would need 235 mental health professionals to eliminate the shortage designation.

The spotlight is on two movie studio bills going before Nevada lawmakers, as Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. look for tax credits in exchange for bringing thousands of jobs, new facilities and hundreds of millions of dollars in investments.
As a pediatric doctor in New Bern, Dr. David Tayloe III has experienced months long delays when referring his patients to a specialist. This can lead to delays in a diagnosis, which impacts treatment and can affect the health of the child, said Tayloe, the executive vice president of the N.C. Pediatric Society.

The metropolitan Las Vegas area continues to be a popular destination for folks looking to leave Southern California.

The metropolitan Las Vegas area continues to be a popular destination for folks looking to leave Southern California.

Jeremy Aguero started his yearly economic report at Preview Las Vegas on Thursday morning reiterating the valley’s “remarkable” development over the past few decades.
A University of Nevada at Las Vegas report focused on Black businesses in the Mountain West region of the country — including Salt Lake City, the Provo-Orem corridor and the Ogden-Clearfield region — reveals that Black-owned businesses account for 0.3% of all businesses in the area. In other words, a Black-owned business in Salt Lake City was not on the expected winner list.
A University of Nevada at Las Vegas report focused on Black businesses in the Mountain West region of the country — including Salt Lake City, the Provo-Orem corridor and the Ogden-Clearfield region — reveals that Black-owned businesses account for 0.3% of all businesses in the area. In other words, a Black-owned business in Salt Lake City was not on the expected winner list.

Southern Nevada’s senior citizen population is expected to explode by 45% from 2020 to 2030, bringing with it additional strains on an already-struggling health care infrastructure, a UNLV report shows.