A $250,000 donation from a local personal injury law firm will fund legal counsel for unaccompanied immigrant children through UNLV’s law school, the school said in a statement Wednesday.

Tax exempt bonds financed from a hotel charge on Las Vegas casino resorts being used to build Raiders Stadium could increase the cost if a provision in federal tax code legislation is approved. House Republicans unveiled their tax plan Thursday, and part of the proposal would eliminate the ability of stadiums to use the popular method of paying for such facilities.

When Cliven Bundy refused to hand over his trespassing cattle to officials in 2014, he inspired an armed standoff that highlighted sharp divisions over the power of the federal government and the ways Americans use public lands.

Jury selection for the federal trial against Cliven Bundy begins Monday. The anti-government rancher is charged with leading an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014.

Much is at stake as the long-anticipated trial begins for Cliven Bundy, two of his two sons and a supporter with militia ties -- the main figures accused of rallying armed supporters to the family’s Nevada ranch in 2014 in a standoff that launched a movement against federal control of public land in the West.

The ability of the federal government to enforce its own land policies in the West will be tested as a trial begins this week of a Nevada rancher accused of leading a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents in a dispute over cattle grazing.

The requirement has been praised but might have its own consequences.

Nevada doesn’t have a sanctuary city. But other cities around the country have created areas where local government and law enforcement will not assist federal agents in catching undocumented residents.

While running for president, Donald Trump made no secret of the fact that he was running an expressly anti-abortion campaign, and while his administration has since attempted to make a number of policy changes aimed at restricting women's reproductive rights, the recently released draft of the Department of Health and Human Service's new strategic plan seems to be taking that fight further than ever before.

More than three years after Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy led an armed standoff with U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials near his Bunkerville ranch, jury selection will begin today for a trial that could result in him spending the rest of his life in prison.

They applied for the U Visa, which is awarded to crime victims who help the police to settle a case.

For UNLV law students in the room Monday night, Preet Bharara’s affirmation of their chosen profession was likely welcome news.“This is as important a time as there ever has been to be schooled in the legal profession,” Bharara told a Boyd School of Law crowd of about 200. “Whether you serve on the defense side or the prosecution side, pro bono or no, fidelity (to), appreciation of and respect of the law means more now than I think it ever has before.”