Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada will be joining the UNLV Boyd School of Law as its first distinguished fellow in law and policy.

A longtime Las Vegas icon has angered some on the left after his image was used to bash Hillary Clinton. Vegas Vic, a fixture on Freemont Street since it was erected outside of The Pioneer Club in 1951, used to say “Howdy partner” to passersby. Now his words are causing legal action.

If you’re a young gaming attorney making a case for a proposed new law before the state Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission, it’s understandable you might be a little nervous. Students in UNLV’s Boyd School of Law had to put nerves aside last month when they made appearances before the two regulatory bodies.

UNLV has named Kevin Stoker as the new director for the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies, effective July 1. Stoker previously served as senior associate dean of the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. His research interests include media ethics, the evolution of journalism and creative approaches to public relations. His professional background includes work as a print reporter and freelance writer.

Concerns about Sin City’s temptations have kept the NFL out of Las Vegas for years, but the relocation of the Oakland Raiders represents a shift in approach that some gaming industry experts say could beckon a new era in sports gambling.

You can’t say the new $59 million, 93,500-square-foot building under construction at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration signals a coming of age for the program if only because the program has already grown up.

Several years ago, Brookings Institution scholars Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley published a book promoting what they called the “Metropolitan Revolution.” Katz and Bradley argue that metropolitan areas better manage their own business than Washington, D.C., or even state capitals. Metros should control many local assets and agencies historically administered by federal or state governments.

Norges Rodriguez worked as a telecom engineer and journalist in his native Cuba. But the day I meet him, he’s leaning over a bed at a workforce training academy in Las Vegas, learning how to tuck corners and stuff pillowcases with the kind of precision that passes muster in the guest rooms at Las Vegas’ sparkling casino resorts.

Nevada is currently the only state allowed to perform full-fledged sports gaming operations, but that might change soon.