Nearly two-thirds of the earth’s surface is covered by water, but a mere three percent is suitable for human consumption. Fresh water on our planet is limited.

Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz and Controller Ron Knecht, two fiscal conservatives swept into office by the Republican wave, have released an alternative Nevada budget to rival GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval’s spending plan.

A UNLV professor began the bureaucratic process of dealing with a student who had plagiarized and got mad.
He was asking for a student be held accountable while, in his opinion, the chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education was getting away with the same academic sin.

“What happened to our medical school?” That is the only question I asked after Gov. Brian Sandoval’s State of the State speech a couple of weeks ago. I suppose when the governor talks about how we are doing, why we are doing it and what he is going to do next, and the only question is about the UNLV medical school, then it must have been a pretty good speech!

In a room packed with state dignitaries, reporters and political leaders, Gov. Brian Sandoval delivered a surprise in his State of the State address: a bold statement about the future of technology in Nevada.

A two-year slide in gold and quieter casino tables have opened a $170 million hole in Nevada’s budget even as its economy booms, pushing Governor Brian Sandoval to rethink dependence on mining and gambling.

North Las Vegas’ pledge to make its largest asset, the sprawling Apex industrial park, work to its advantage is starting to show signs of moving beyond talk to action.

PHOENIX — A report painted a bright economic picture for both the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas.

Brookings Mountain West and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas looked at 10 major metro areas of the Mountain West, which, as a group, outperformed the national economy during the third quarter of 2014.

Science, technology, engineering and math.

They’re not exactly words that inspire raucous excitement, but with a shortage of qualified workers in Southern Nevada frustrating attempts to attract and grow high-tech businesses, many community leaders aren’t talking about much else.

This week it was UNLV’s turn with their annual STEM Summit. Around 250 people from the university and beyond gathered Monday and Tuesday to discuss this year’s question: “What does the valley need?”

In UNLV vice provost and summit organizer Carl Reiber's take, these were the issues panelists considered most important:

Phoenix topped a list of major metropolitan areas across the U.S. Mountain West for regional job growth in the third quarter of 2014.

The metro area's 1.1 percent gain was more than double the national average – but about half the normal post-recession rate – which was good enough to place it atop the Brookings Mountain West Monitor, an economic review published with University of Nevada Las Vegas.

It’s far from the boom of the past, but moving vans are coming to Nevada in greater numbers these days — and retirees are leading the trend.