In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Las Vegas Review Journal

With health care access a key issue for voters, the presidential candidates are highlighting their proposals for reform. Some promote a single-payer, “Medicare for All” kind of system. Others want a public health insurance plan as an option so people can choose between their private coverage and government coverage. Whose ideas will do the most to improve the health of Americans?

Associated Press

A man who was told by the state of Nevada that he couldn’t register the name “WTF Party” for political candidates is suing election officials, claiming his free speech rights were violated.

Bookies News

Determining the worst call in sports history is a subjective exercise. There are multiple filters to consider, even after stripping away obvious bias such as fandom or betting interest.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Sportsbook operator William Hill has seen tremendous growth since the London-based company was first granted a Nevada gaming license in 2012, according to U.S. CEO Joe Asher.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The federal government is giving some Native American tribes access to the FBI’s database of sexual offenders in hopes of combating the prevalence of sexual violence on tribal lands.

KNPR News

At least 10 states were expecting mass roundups of undocumented immigrants over the weekend, but those raids did not take place.

BiometricUpdate.com

Casinos in the U.S. have used facial recognition since the 1990s, but those deployments may have to be adjusted based on potential changes to federal privacy or data protection law, according to Casino.org.

Casino.org

Casinos could increasingly become part of a national debate on how to regulate and use biometric surveillance and related high-tech methods of data collection on gaming patrons.

89.3 KPCC

This is the part of the United States Code that makes entering the U.S. without documents a misdemeanor. It’s repeal would mean that entering the U.S. without papers would be a civil offense, rather than a criminal one.

Huffington Post

A string of former Obama administration officials have railed against 2020 hopeful Julián Castro’s call to decriminalize border-crossing, highlighting a widening split between the progressive primary field and parts of the party establishment.

Reno Gazette-Journal

Burning Man and the federal government have a history of disagreeing over law enforcement tactics, and this year is already off to a rocky start even though the event is two months away.

GGRAsia

The casino industry could risk losing consumer trust unless it handled carefully the issues of how it gathers player information and then uses it.