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The Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine will be created with $15 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. It involves several entities including the Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Utah and Arizona State University.


While Friday’s ruling seems like a significant setback for Trump, it more likely will end up as a defeat for the legal system. So far, the prosecutions of Trump have been followed by an increase in his support and a decline in public trust in the legal process, at least among Republicans.


Combinations of state, local and private-sector efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are more effective in their goal than any of the three on their own, according to research published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science.


A Las Vegas surgeon said she knows first-hand the impact traffic crashes can cause families. That surgeon is now doing research to prevent crashes and help save lives.


Every other year, Preserve Nevada lists 11 of the state’s most threatened sites. Sometimes the sites are saved. Other times, they disappear.

The last couple of years have been big ones for student loan forgiveness. Since President Joe Biden took office, more than 3.6 million people have had their federal loans forgiven in full — to the tune of nearly $132 billion.


Making dementia a political weapon has far-reaching, stigmatizing effects.


Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill explains his support for red light and speed cameras across the Las Vegas Valley as crashes and fatalities soar in early 2024.
