In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Hill

Thursday, the House Financial Services Committee will convene a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). They have a difficult task in front of them.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Former Southern Nevada Water Authority chief Pat Mulroy is backing an audacious idea she says could free up more Colorado River water and solve a mounting public health and environmental problem in the California desert.

Business Insider

As much as Americans loathe filing taxes, we love — nay, we depend on — a sizable tax refund.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Future growth in the Las Vegas Valley will rest almost entirely on the community’s ability to conserve its finite share of the Colorado River, water experts say.

Las Vegas Review Journal

After more than three years of talks and repeated threats of federal intervention, water officials in seven Western states still haven’t quite finished an emergency drought plan for the Colorado River.

Nevada Current

A new judge has been confirmed to sit on the powerful federal appeals court that oversees Nevada, and Democrats are furious about it.

KNPR News

The right-to-die, or physician-assisted death, is an idea now legal in six states and the District of Columbia.

Associated Press

Casino mogul Steve Wynn's former company was fined a record $20 million by Nevada gambling regulators on Tuesday for failing to investigate claims of sexual misconduct made against him before he resigned a year ago.

Las Vegas Sun

This month, lawmakers in Carson City introduced a bill that would extend collective bargaining rights to Nevada state workers.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Caesars Entertainment Corp. may not be able to stop Carl Icahn from grabbing significant board influence as the casino operator transitions to new corporate governance rules.

Washington Post

President Trump made religious leaders a contentious promise at this week’s National Prayer Breakfast: Faith-based adoption agencies that won’t work with same-sex couples would still be able to get federal funding to “help vulnerable children find their forever families while following their deeply held beliefs.”

Voice of San Diego

San Diego County has agreed to pay nearly $700,000 for a pipeline rupture that dumped raw sewage into a San Diego River tributary.