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…

Michael Brown (The Lincy Institute) recently had an op-ed titled "Hollywood handouts" published in the Las Vegas Review Journal. Brown provided commentary on Nevada's attempts to enter the film industry, discussing a recent rebrand of Assembly Bill 238 — a proposal authorizing up to $1.5 billion in transferable film tax credits against the…

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…

Christopher Kearney (Psychology) and Kelliann Beavers (Lincy Institute) were awarded a UNLV-UNR Extension grant ($254,661) titled, “Youth mental health/community asset mapping and multi-tiered system of support pilot to address school attendance and school absenteeism.”  The project aims to develop a community asset map of mental health and…

Len Jessup (The Lincy Institute) recently had an op-ed titled, "How a ‘One Nevada’ mindset holds back the development of UNLV," published in the Las Vegas Sun. His piece responds to recent news surrounding UNLV Athletics' potential opportunity to join the Pac-12 conference.

William Brown, Caitlin Saladino, and David Damore (all from Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) co-authored a piece titled, "County needs a stand-alone children’s hospital," which was published in the Las Vegas Sun. The piece recaps an recent community forum that detailed the health and economic benefits of a stand-alone children’s…

Annie Vong (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), Zachary Billot (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), and Nicole Dias Del Valle (Political Science; Philosophy Law & Justice; Brookings Public Policy) recently co-authored a Brookings Institution blog post titled, "Youth voices in the 2024 election: What students want to see on the…

Anirudh Polagani (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) recently had their op-ed, "Still overdependent on tourism after all these years," published in the Nevada Current. The piece insites a call to action for Las Vegas to continue to invest in building a robust and diverse economy and lessen its reliance on the tourism sector.

Len Jessup (The Lincy Institute) was recently appointmented as a Lincy Institute Fellow. Jessup will support the center’s work on economic development with a focus on bolstering Southern Nevada’s startup ecosystem, attracting venture capital, and growing the region’s health care economy. Read the full announcement here.