In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

Washington Post

The Supreme Court says a grand jury can keep digging until “every available clue has been run down.” As a former lawyer on the staff of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, I hope that’s not Robert Mueller’s plan. If, as reported, he’s thinking about subpoenaing President Trump to testify , he should drop the idea. The rule of law is at stake.

Law Fare Blog

Under independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr in 1998, I helped draft what came to be known as the Starr Report: a summary of “substantial and credible information ... that may constitute grounds for an impeachment,” which 28 U.S.C. § 595(c) then required us to send to the House of Representatives. One of my colleagues in that endeavor was Brett Kavanaugh, the D.C. Circuit judge President Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A new doctoral program beginning this fall on UNLV’s campus wants to churn out community problem solvers.

Las Vegas Sun

Being a good, responsible elected official is a tough job that involves processing an enormous amount of information on topics that are often highly complex.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Breanna Boppre joined her father onstage two years ago for his birthday.

Star Tribune

The use of force by Minneapolis police has plunged 50 percent in the last decade, signaling a broad shift away from the “warrior” mentality that favors aggressive policing to reduce crime.

Dallas News

Who's to blame when confrontations between the police and the public turn bad is often in the eye of the beholder.

High Country News

On Jan. 8, 2018, the trial room on the seventh floor of the Las Vegas, Nevada, federal courthouse was packed with over a dozen reporters and at least five times as many spectators. At the front, facing the bench, was a 71-year-old rancher named Cliven Bundy.

Las Vegas Sun

Thousands of sexual assault kits have been tested in Nevada, but thousands remain in a backlog that is taking years to reduce.

WTVY

About one-third of the 18-thousand law enforcement agencies in the u-s are using body cameras, including the Dothan Police Department.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The 3-2 decision decided UNLV’s fate.

New York Times

Harry Reid knows off the top of his head that 351 is the DirecTV channel for C-Span coverage of the Senate at his home in Nevada. But he says he rarely turns to it.