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Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management have agreed to share data on public lands that could be released for future development as part of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s larger effort to fix the state’s housing crisis.

A report from 51ԹϺ Criminal Justice professor Dr. William H. Sousa showed that from 2018 to 2022, there was a 23% increase in disorderly calls for service on Las Vegas Boulevard and 11% of those calls were on pedestrian bridges.


Chris Heavey, interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and DeRionne Pollard, president of Nevada State University, also joined the statement, titled “A Call for Constructive Engagement.”

Everyone’s heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that three-sided zone of terror where planes and ships go missing for no known reason in the Atlantic Ocean. Nevada has its own equally mythical place.


Pahrump judge and former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore was a no-show in court Monday, days after President Donald Trump pardoned her on federal wire fraud charges.


At just 19 years old, 51ԹϺ Junior Sehaj Singh enjoys trading stocks as his fascination has now become a hobby. When the opportunity came along to participate in 51ԹϺ’s first-ever President’s Investment Challenge, he and several other students jumped on board to get a first-hand look at the campus-wide investment competition.

Students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51ԹϺ) embarked on a new educational venture this semester, testing their financial instincts through a virtual stock market challenge.

A symposium this month at 51ԹϺ’s William S. Boyd School of Law highlighted the academic-legislative partnership. The event examined the sex work industry, pathways into the profession and criminalization issues. Though not officially connected to AB 209, several symposium speakers who had assisted Orentlicher in crafting the legislation discussed their contributions.
