In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

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Author and UNLV journalism professor Michael Easter is an expert on self-improvement. His first book, 2021’s “The Comfort Crisis,” showed how to unlock the power of discomfort to upgrade your life. His new book, published today, is “Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset & Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough.”

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV announced a new institute dedicated to tourist safety after the Legislature approved $1 million in state funding for the program in June.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV has announced the launch of the Tourist Safety Institute, a new program meant to find ways to improve safety in the Las Vegas tourism industry.

The Hill

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is signaling he could be taking a more aggressive approach toward rivals ahead of the second GOP debate next week as he trails several contenders in 2024 polls.

Los Angeles Times

The allure of the mainland has long won over people from the state with the nation’s highest cost of living. Now, experts fear the fire and the redevelopment that follows could speed up gentrification of Maui and the outward migration, in particular for Native Hawaiians, a group that includes many of the state’s poorest.

Nevada Independent

Nevada’s unhoused population has grown, but experts say statistics don't give an accurate view of the complex nature of homelessness.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The seventh annual summit is a collaboration between the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Sands Cares, the community engagement and charitable giving program of Las Vegas Sands Corp., with support from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.

ABC News

From Richard Nixon's sweating to Rick Perry's "oops"

The Independent UK

There’s no way for Trump to go but down in Republican primary, leaving him with few incentives to take part, debate experts tell Gustaf Kilander

Reno Gazette-Journal

The biggest challenge Legends Bay Casino has faced since opening is not inflation or the economy but something familiar to Northern Nevada residents.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Nevada attorney general’s office took months to produce public records that the state’s other constitutional offices promptly released, raising questions about why the state’s top law enforcement office continues to delay the release of important documents that help taxpayers understand its function.

Big Sky Business Journal

Balter-Reitz and her co-author, Michael Bruner, Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas Professor of Communication Studies, together round out the class of ten Fellows who will be examining issues impacting democratic exchange and free expression on college campuses. Specifically, Balter-Reitz and Bruner will be assessing the impacts of the FORUM Act on free speech on public universities in the United States.