In The News: Brookings Mountain West

Las Vegas Review Journal

Clark County is moving ahead with plans to develop an elevated limited-access airport expressway along Paradise Road, Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue despite critics’ claims that it’s a 20th-century solution to 21st-century traffic issues.

Brookings Brief

Last week, I got to feel absolutely hopeful about the future of America media. This rare experience made me reflect positively on how this nation's youth will help transform the Fourth Estate.

Las Vegas Sun

Washington, D.C., is a tale of two cities in more conflict than ever before.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Cheaper rents and a shortage of affordable housing elsewhere may explain why northeast Clark County has a higher concentration of poverty than other parts of the county.

Las Vegas Sun

The 2016 caucuses showcased the Silver State on the national stage. Both political parties benefitted from holding an early-nominating event in a state that is far more reflective of the American electorate than the three other early states in terms of diversification, urbanization and connectivity.

Bloomberg

Republican presidential candidates led by Donald Trump are drawing cheers in Nevada by bashing China’s policies, even as that nation’s tourism, trade and investment help lift the state from the worst economic decline in the U.S.

KCRW

Tomorrow's contests in South Carolina and Nevada will be an important test of whether establishment candidates still have a shot in this election year.

VPR

This Saturday, the third contest will be held in the Democratic presidential race: the Nevada caucuses.

NBC News

Iowa and New Hampshire have a number of virtues, electoral diversity isn’t one of them.

Politico

If you’re not a political obsessive, you could be forgiven for forgetting that the Nevada caucuses are coming up this week and next. Geographically remote to much of the country, the state has received little attention in the early campaign season. It doesn’t have a claim to a “first,” like Iowa and New Hampshire, and it has fewer delegates to offer than South Carolina.

Politico

If you’re not a political obsessive, you could be forgiven for forgetting that the Nevada caucuses are coming up this week and next. Geographically remote to much of the country, the state has received little attention in the early campaign season. It doesn’t have a claim to a “first,” like Iowa and New Hampshire, and it has fewer delegates to offer than South Carolina.

KNPR News

The contamination of the water supply in Flint, Michigan got us thinking about the safety of our tap water here in Nevada.

How do we know that our drinking water is safe? We'll explore this with two experts on water safety.