In The News: Brookings Mountain West
Is Southern Nevada on the verge of a tech revolution or is it just getting with the times?
Is Southern Nevada on the verge of a tech revolution or is it just getting with the times?
鈥淯sing COVID to steal the state." That鈥檚 a tweet from President Trump Monday morning continuing to hammer Nevada on voting procedures and threatening legal action on Twitter. This comes after the state Senate passed Assembly Bill 4 to mail ballots to all active voters. Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the bill Monday.
At a time of crushing financial strain on schools, businesses, families and individuals, the need for a well-functioning government could not be greater. Nor could the need for citizens to understand how the government should function.
The recent special session pleased no one.
The recent special session pleased no one.
Many cities are well-known for their abundance of one kind of building 鈥 think of Miami Beach and its Art Deco hotels, Brooklyn鈥檚 brownstones, or Los Angeles鈥 mid-century dingbat apartments.
New offensives against major cities from President Donald Trump and GOP governors are pushing at the central geographic fault line between the Republican and Democratic coalitions.
When Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman went on CNN in April and called for the early reopening of casinos, offering the city as a coronavirus 鈥渃ontrol group鈥 to see what would happen, Twitter exploded.
Derek Stonebarger, owner of ReBar, a bar that doubles as an antique store in the Las Vegas Arts District, was just starting to get back on his feet when Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered bars to once again close.
As the nation struggles with the resurgence of COVID-19, robust contact tracing could help alleviate much of the strain on our already-burdened health care systems. However, we have a massive shortfall in the number of available contact tracers.
First, 性视界传媒 lost $25 million in state funding for a new medical school building. Now, the university鈥檚 $20 million advanced engineering building is on the chopping block as lawmakers try to close the state鈥檚 $1.2 billion budget deficit.