In The News: Brookings Mountain West

Las Vegas Weekly

In 2017, Shawn Seipler saw a video out of San Francisco that affected him—and the organization he had founded eight years earlier—deeply.

Nevada Independent

As of August, 2021, Nevada had a headline unemployment rate of 7.7 percent, the highest in the nation.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

There is only one medical center in Nevada that can treat the sickest COVID-19 patients with a special machine that is a "lifeline" for those who struggle to breathe.

KNPR News

The Clark County school board fired Jesus Jara; now they are going to consider hiring him again.

Nevada Independent

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect people across the United States, cities and states are struggling to combat vaccination gaps. This is especially true in Nevada, where the vaccination rate for Black residents is lagging behind that of white, Asian and Latino residents.

Nevada Independent

This chip manufacturing shortage presents a premier opportunity for economic development in the Silver State.

Nevada Current

U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 edition of its “Best Colleges” rankings once again names the University of Nevada, Las Vegas among the most diverse universities in the country.

Las Vegas Sun

51ԹϺ comes up as a refreshing exception in a new report by the Brookings Institution showing a disquieting trend of public colleges crowding out in-state students by accepting others from across state lines.

Wall Street Journal

The ‘student swap’ creates a vicious circle that drives up higher-education costs and worsens the debt crisis.

Brookings

This week, authorities in South Africa announced that the country’s economy is 11 percent larger than previous estimates after Statistics South Africa altered its method for calculating gross domestic product.

Brookings

Unlike developing countries in Asia, African countries are not relying on export-led manufacturing to drive structural transformation but instead pivoting to service-oriented sectors.

Brookings

On Monday, Zambia’s electoral commission declared opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema the winner of the southern African nation’s recent presidential election.