For years, North Las Vegas residents wanting a Nevada State University education had to make the trek to Henderson. Some students reported a two-hour round trip. A new downtown campus, breaking ground this year, is meant to close that gap. The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents approved a lease agreement in December… Continue reading North Las Vegas Is Getting Its First University Campus. Some Students Are Already Driving Two Hours to Get There.

Federal regulators have never allowed a car without a steering wheel to charge passengers for rides — until now. Las Vegas is about to be the first place in the country where that happens. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted Amazon-owned Zoox a temporary federal exemption in late July allowing the company to charge… Continue reading Las Vegas Will Be the First City Where You Can Pay for a Ride With No Steering Wheel

Clark County’s traditional schools are bleeding students and money. Its STEM and career-training magnet schools are doing the opposite — even as the district can’t find enough math and science teachers to go around. The Clark County School District’s Board of School Trustees renewed a critical labor shortage designation effective July 1 covering math, science… Continue reading CCSD Can’t Staff Its Science Classrooms. Its STEM Schools Are the Only Ones Growing.

The city of Las Vegas is handing over one of downtown’s last large undeveloped parcels to whichever developer makes the best pitch — and city officials aren’t picking a vision in advance. The city issued a request for proposals this month for roughly 11 acres of city-owned land bounded by Las Vegas Boulevard, Stewart Avenue… Continue reading Las Vegas Wants a Developer for 11 Blank Acres Downtown. It Won’t Say What It Wants Built There.

Congress created a federal land program specifically to help solve Southern Nevada’s affordable housing shortage. Years later, it’s barely been touched — and officials aren’t entirely sure why. Section 7(b) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act was written to direct proceeds from federal land sales in Clark County toward affordable housing development. Despite… Continue reading A Federal Program Could Ease Southern Nevada’s Housing Crunch. Almost Nobody Is Using It.

A new pipeline meant to protect Southern Nevada from a water system failure just became law. Critics say the same law that makes the valley safer also greases the skids for one of the most contested land fights in state history. President Donald Trump signed the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Horizon Lateral Water Pipeline Act… Continue reading Congress Approved a New Water Pipeline for Las Vegas. Critics Say It’s a Backdoor to 25,000 Acres of Sprawl.

A 3,500-home development near Red Rock Canyon fought off two decades of opposition and lawsuits to reach groundbreaking. A magistrate judge says at least one county commissioner tried to quietly stop it anyway — and got caught. Grading work is underway this year on the long-disputed Blue Diamond Hill housing project, according to the project’s… Continue reading Blue Diamond Hill Homes Are Finally Breaking Ground. A Judge Says the County Tried to Stop It — Then Covered It Up.

A hydroelectric proposal is quietly advancing through federal permitting near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. If built, it would use enough water to serve tens of thousands of homes — in a desert basin regulators already call overappropriated. The Desert Bloom Project, a closed-loop pumped storage hydropower proposal on Blue Diamond Hill, won preliminary… Continue reading A Company Wants to Flood Part of Red Rock Canyon’s Backyard for Battery Storage

Homeowners in parts of Las Vegas and Henderson are getting dropped or denied insurance coverage over wildfire risk — in neighborhoods state regulators say aren’t actually at high risk of burning. Clark County ranked second in Nevada for both homeowners insurance cancellations and nonrenewals and for new application denials tied to wildfire risk, according to… Continue reading Nevada Insurers Are Treating Las Vegas Like It’s on Fire. Regulators Don’t Know Why.