In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

Yahoo!

Baby fever has cooled off in the U.S., where the birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since 1979, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with experts speculating that the economy, immigration rates and lacking pro-family policies are possible reasons.

KOLD: News 13

The Tucson Police Department has found the majority of gun violence happens in just a handful of hotspots around the city and often times committed by the same people, officials say.

Greater Good Magazine

When I was 15 years old, I enrolled in a program to study English in what seemed like the middle of nowhere, also known as Iowa.

Las Vegas Review Journal

This month, the Las Vegas City Council approved an exclusive agreement with Axios Nevada LLC to negotiate and discuss a new transit project along Charleston. The agreement lasts for two years and doesn’t limit Axios to a specific type of transportation.

Yahoo!

At first glance, Donald Trump’s Facebook page seems like it’s been dead for months.

Los Angeles Times

Donald Trump’s last Facebook post is dated 3:14 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021, the afternoon of the Capitol riots, as he called for “everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful.” Not long after he published that, Facebook—and many other social networks—banned him indefinitely for inciting the riots, instantly turning the account into a time capsule of those final, chaotic days before his presidency ended.

RT&S

Mass transit along Charleston Boulevard and light rail on Maryland Parkway are a winning pair in Las Vegas.

KNPR News

The plan to build a mass-transit system along Charleston Boulevard is a good idea, but Las Vegas’ transportation challenges need to be addressed on multiple fronts, an urban development expert says.

Las Vegas Sun

Vanessa McConnell arrived at the UNLV baseball stadium ready to broadcast the day’s game for student-run KUNV 91.5. Before setting up the equipment and testing the microphone levels, she had another, more important responsibility: Making sure her son was comfortable.

The 961

Raised in Dubai and currently based in the United States, Lebanese-American Diana Zeineddine is a force to be reckoned with!

Digital Information World

The start of 2021 has seen us face a series of dubious anniversaries – a year since the first cases, deaths and lockdowns caused by Covid-19 in countries across the world. These milestones have caused us all to reflect on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the ways in which it has changed our lives in and out of work.

Nevada Independent

We tried, at first, to shake the uncanniness of it all.