Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid is joining the UNLV Boyd School of Law as its first distinguished fellow in law and policy. The Nevada Democrat will work with law school students and alumni, lecture and participate in classes and pursue writing projects.

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.

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.

It seemed like a simple idea: provide Nevada immigrants with a modicum of security in an uncertain time by preventing law enforcement from engaging in certain federal immigration activities that they’ve said they have no interest in doing.

The Colorado River system supplies water to more than 36 million people, but it is being threatened by overuse, long-term drought, and climate change.

In 1976, when I was twenty-one, I spent the summer living in a rented house in Colorado Springs and working on the grounds crew of an apartment complex on what was then the outskirts of the city. During most of day, my co-workers and I moved hoses and sprinklers around the property, to keep the grass green; then we mowed what we had grown. Watering was like a race.

A controversial immigration bill that would have codified certain law enforcement policies in state law, initially referred to as a “sanctuary state” bill, will not move forward in its current form, the primary sponsor said Tuesday.

Utah and surrounding states have a responsibility to address the pressure put on the human water supply by climate change and population growth, some scientists argued at a two-day symposium hosted this week by the University of Utah.

State Sen. Mo Denis, a Las Vegas Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would fulfill a long-standing goal of updating the way Nevada public schools are funded.

UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is the 62nd best law school in the country, according to rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. It is Boyd’s highest-ever ranking, 16 spots higher than last year.

For nearly 2 million so-called DREAMers — undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children or young teenagers — the initial weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency have been anxious ones.

In February, President Trump issued an executive order expanding categories for deporting people who are in the U.S. illegally.