Nevada is world-renowned for precious metals and glitzy casinos, but to the online crowdfunding community, it stands out for other reasons.

The ballroom on the 2nd floor of the student union: not exactly a packed house.

Political attack ads typically stick to the same ol’ stuff, like voting records and candidate positions. That can’t be said for the jabs in Henderson, Nev., where voters in one state Assembly district are getting smacked with attacks on a pornographic level.

Think of student activism at universities over the years and schools like Cal-Berkeley, Kent State and Columbia might jump to mind. But the University of Nevada, Las Vegas?

It’s been speculated that payday loan stores have a specific business target: low-income, minority neighborhoods and other at-risk groups.

The casino industry needs to change. According to video gaming machine developer GameCo, U.S. casinos rely upon slot machines for three-quarters of their annual revenues, which are also a favorite of older gamblers, partially explaining why casino revenues have been on the decline for decades.

It’s a game resembling Bejeweled and Candy Crush and its inventors, two 20-year-old students from UNLV, think it could be the first skill-based game to enter casinos.

Dressing for success apparently has taken on a whole new meaning for politicians. History Professor Deirdre Clemente of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says rather than adopting the formal dress of the past, presidents are trying to appear as regular guys to make the connection with voters.

Before the world knew Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Philando Castile, Terence Crutcher and Keith Scott for how their lives ended — police bullets or brute force — Las Vegas had grieved such deaths.