In The News: Brookings Mountain West
Senator Harry Reid left a lasting legacy in Nevada. We’ll explore the impact the late senator had. Plus, we’ll examine the challenges that rural Nevada faces.
A policy brief released this month says state transportation officials should consider routing the proposed Interstate-11 through eastern Nevada, not the western part of the state.
In order to address the teacher shortage in Nevada, in 2021, the Study.com educational platform implemented its “Keys the Classroom” initiative, which has been designed to generate opportunities for more applicants to successfully pass the required exams.
In 2017, Shawn Seipler saw a video out of San Francisco that affected him—and the organization he had founded eight years earlier—deeply.
As of August, 2021, Nevada had a headline unemployment rate of 7.7 percent, the highest in the nation.
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.
The Clark County school board fired Jesus Jara; now they are going to consider hiring him again.
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.
This chip manufacturing shortage presents a premier opportunity for economic development in the Silver State.
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.
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.
The ‘student swap’ creates a vicious circle that drives up higher-education costs and worsens the debt crisis.