The 14th Amendment guarantees that Americans are all equal under the law, but in reality this is often not the case. In new research which covers nearly 78,000 felony defendants, Gillian M. Pinchevsky and Benjamin Steiner examined the whether or not criminal defendants received different treatment based on their sex or other characteristics during their pretrial period. They find that compared to men, female defendants were treated more leniently during the pretrial process. In addition, women arrested for more serious offenses were treated more harshly than other women.

In 2005, businessman Jim Rogers took control of the Nevada System of Higher Education. In exchange for his services, Rogers asked for $1 in annual compensation. Rogers’ offer did, however, come with a significant catch: the Board of Regents had to centralize authority in the chancellor’s position. Until then, the chancellor — and the college and university presidents — reported to the regents as equals.

Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, one of the most influential voices and wallets in the Republican Party, has endorsed Donald Trump for President.

Just 24 hours after Ikea opened its first Las Vegas store, officials from the furniture chain and the Swedish embassy joined a Las Vegas food bank this morning for a panel on eliminating food waste.

A law school professor and a strategic advisor to UNLV's president will be nominated to serve as acting chancellor over the state's public college system.

The state’s higher education board is eyeing a temporary replacement for former Chancellor Dan Klaich, whose contentious retirement last week opened a powerful job overseeing Nevada’s public colleges and universities.

UNLV linguist Deborah Arteaga, a 24-year professor at UNLV, speaks six languages fluently and is regarded by her peers as a leading linguist in the Western United States.

Efforts to improve safety standards and practices in academic labs are multiplying at universities and colleges across the country, but teaching safety as rules and compliance is insufficient, experts agree. Instead, students need to learn and practice a range of safety skills, according to guidelines for undergraduate education issued last year by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Among other skills, students must be taught how to understand categories of hazards, “recognize … hazards in laboratories, assess the risks from these hazards, know how to minimize the risks, and prepare for emergencies,” the guidelines say.

Health care in Southern Nevada continues to make strides.