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The Nevada Independent

Amid expectations of a budget hole between $68 million and $124 million through the end of the next fiscal year, the Board of Regents unanimously amended the system’s governing code Friday in a move that would allow the body to enact system-wide furloughs of at least one day of the 2020-2021 academic year.

Associated Press

Bleak reports in Nevada are showing the economic impact of a full month of casino and business closures enacted because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tax Justice Warriors Podcast

Happy Episode 100! To celebrate, I interviewed Professor Francine Lipman of the William S. Boyd School of Law at Las Vegas, Nevada. She inspired the name for the Tax Justice Warriors podcast so I have wanted to interview her about that. We talked about passion warriors for tax justice, being a William S. Boyd Professor of Law, teaching remotely, the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, serving as a Nevada Tax Commissioner, and time management for her writing and other accomplishments.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV is looking to resume its search for a new president after the process was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Nevada democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto announced Thursday that she is withdrawing her name for vice presidential considerations.

K.N.P.R. News

UNLV is planning to limit the number of students on campus during the fall semester by offering more courses remotely.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

There is another place where Las Vegas valley residents can go to get tested for the coronavirus. The new appointment-only COVID-19 testing operation is located at the UNLV Tropicana parking garage is open six days a week, Monday-Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Casino.org

Activist group Black Lives Matter plans to hold a protest Friday afternoon on the Las Vegas Strip in connection with this week’s death of George Floyd.

Casino.org

Activist group Black Lives Matter plans to hold a protest Friday afternoon on the Las Vegas Strip in connection with this week’s death of George Floyd. The unarmed, handcuffed black man was in police custody in Minneapolis when he died. Monday’s death has sparked both violent and peaceful protests nationwide.

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