The 2015 Nevada Legislature approved funding for two full-fledged medical schools in the state, but there’s more to the story between the (bottom) lines.

The smile on Jereka Hunt's face hides something happening to the new mom.

How does $27 million become $8.3 million and then revert to $27 million? Penn & Teller?

Part of the so-called “New Nevada” will be born Wednesday when laws affecting education and veterans — as well as provisions that will pump an estimated $18 billion into state agencies during the next two fiscal years — become effective.

Gov. Sandoval signs bill giving $27 million to UNLV

The campaign to raise $6 million in scholarships for the first class of students at UNLV’s medical school was supposed to last the rest of the year.

Higher education officials, health care professionals, business leaders and lawmakers made a lot of promises in creating a brand-new medical school at UNLV. Economic development. Improved health care. New physicians who’ll stay in the valley to alleviate critical doctor shortages. Significant community and philanthropic support to accompany the state funding required to get the school up and running. The rapid development of not merely a good medical school, but a great one that can attract excellent applicants and be highly selective in admissions.

Boyd Gaming Corp. has pledged a $2.5 million donation to support construction of a new building for William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

UNLV's Medical School raised more than twice the amount it had hoped to for scholarships.

The campaign to raise $6 million in scholarships for the first class of students at the proposed UNLV medical school was supposed to last the rest of the year.

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill that authorizes $27 million for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine and aims to take a bite out of the state's chronic doctor shortage.

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a bill Thursday that authorizes $27 million for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, a project that could take a bite out of a doctor shortage that's exacerbated by a growing, aging population and health care reform laws.