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Subscribe to our email newsletter The Weekly After a national search for the position, UNLV has named Leah Chan Grinvald as the next dean for the William S. Boyd School of Law, effective July 1, 2022. She will be the first Asian American to lead the UNLV law school. “We’re excited to welcome Leah to […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter The Weekly According to a new research published by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), Las Vegas welcomed more than 32 million visitors in 2021. This number increased significantly from the 2020 number of 19 million visitors and was down only 24 percent below the 2019 pre-pandemic level […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman announced the launch of a new multi-media campaign, “Down for Anything”, at the 2023 Las Vegas State of the City address. This project is funded by a federal grant from The American Rescue Plan as part of the […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. A new urban farm opened at Las Vegas’ Historic Westside this week. The project was funded by a $500,000 donation from MGM Resorts International to The Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE. The first crop was planted on March 7 and the first harvest […]

Written by Jacob D. Crawley Jacob D. Crawley is an associate at Solomon Dwiggins Freer & Steadman, Ltd. and assists clients with their Trust and Estates planning, probate, and litigation needs. 1. Your clients own cryptocurrency Approximately 21.2 million U.S. citizens, or 14% of the entire population, are estimated to own some form of cryptocurrency. […]

AUGUST 18 2023 / ISSUE NO. 85 / ARCHIVE Brightline West CEO and Nevada Leaders Announce Latest Actions on High-Speed Rail Project and Urge U.S. Department of Transportation to Award Funding From left to right: Greg Regan, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, Tracy Larkin-Thomason, Director of the Nevada Department of Transportation, U.S. Senator Jacky […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter The Weekly The Las Vegas City Council approved an agreement with UNLV for a new hotel, parking garage and a medical office building near Shadow Lane/Wellness Way opening by November 2024 in the Medical District. These projects will create $60,740,000 in construction spend and $13,705,196 in tax benefits. UNLV Kirk […]

A new Zillow® analysis shows we are officially in a house-permitting boom and home builder confidence is near an all-time high. Builders still have to go to fill a 1.35 million new-home construction shortfall caused by a decade of underbuilding. Photo Credit: Zillow New-home construction in the U.S. reached an important benchmark in February, when […]

A highly sought-after philanthropy expert, board member and business leader, Julie Murray has led numerous successful public/private partnerships and social impact projects for corporate funders, family foundations and community leaders. Principal and CEO of the Moonridge Group, and President of the Moonridge Foundation, she is widely credited with transforming social impact in Nevada to be […]

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced $20 million funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help Southern Nevada combat drought and protect the Las Vegas Wash.  The Las Vegas Wash filters more than 200 million gallons of water into Lake Mead every day. This funding will help the Southern Nevada […]

The city of Las Vegas is honoring exceptional urban design through the Mayor’s Urban Design Awards (MUDA). Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman presented the awards to open the 2024 Mayor’s Symposium on Urban Design Tuesday, March 5, at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. The awards recognize projects that foster the city’s commitment […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and First Lady Kathy Sisolak attended the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Women’s Collective Summit at Caesars Palace where First Lady Sisolak gave a keynote address at the Spotlight Awards Dinner. “As AAPI women, we know the […]

Carson City, NV – According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) November 2023 economic report, Nevada’s unemployment rate was unchanged from October to November with the rate staying at 5.4%. The labor force in the state grew by about 8,800, and November marked the 11th consecutive month that the state has […]

Southwest Gas, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) and U.S. Gain, a Sustainable Energy SolutionsSM provider, are excited to announce a partnership that will provide RTC’s transit buses with a cleaner, operationally cost-effective fuel source to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decrease operating costs. Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) can be used in […]