Experts In The News
Nedra Cooper was a 17-year-old “military brat” and a senior in high school when she settled in the Las Vegas Valley in 1971, after traveling with her father from base to base.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor Michael Green taught a class on Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 presidential election. He described the political climate of the antebellum era, background on the other candidates and the deliberations at the party conventions. Lincoln won the presidency over three other candidates with just under 40 percent of the popular vote.
Four days, 11 venues, more than 180,000 attendees.
Low housing costs and employment opportunities made Nevada the fourth most-moved-to state in 2018, according to a new survey.
Undocumented students took advantage of tuition benefits they called for through the 2013 California DREAM Act
According to experts, the outlook for Nevada’s economy this year is positive and projected to fare at least as well as it did, or perhaps even better, in 2018. However, one or more known or unknown wild cards could have a dampening effect.
The Las Vegas valley's DUI Strike Force says 32 drunk drivers ended up behind bars to begin the new year.
Enough visitors are expected to pour into Las Vegas for New Year’s celebrations to temporarily move the city and surrounding communities up five spots on U.S. metropolitan population rankings.
