In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

TaxProf Blog

While the aggregate tax system is mildly progressive, state and local tax systems are notably regressive. The lowest 95 percent of all income earners pay on average a higher percent of their income in state and local taxes than their share of aggregate income.

Nevada Independent

Rogelio Garcia, a Reno-based real estate agent, is used to uncertainty. In normal times, business might boom one month, only to slow the next.

KNPR News

Hundreds of thousands of Nevadans could lose their jobs due to the business stoppage caused by the new coronavirus.

Casino.Org

The threat of violence, already displayed in a local demonstration recalling the brutal death of George Floyd could discourage some guests from heading to Las Vegas casinos when they start to reopen on Thursday, national gaming experts warn.

RIA Intel

Advisors holding the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards’ designation will be expected to turn over customer dispute documents at the request of the organization during its investigations. Advisors who don’t comply could have their designation revoked, according to the CFP Board’s new proposed procedural rules released Tuesday.

Wealth Management.com

Brokers across the country are worried about being able to fully be in compliance with the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest implementation date of June 30, according to the Financial Services Institute (FSI), an advocacy organization lobbying for broker/dealers.

Casino.org

On the low end, Penn National Gaming is burning through $6.4 million daily having just 5.2 months before running out of cash, the report said.

Casino.org

On the low end, Penn National Gaming is burning through $6.4 million daily having just 5.2 months before running out of cash, the report said.

Casino.org

On the low end, Penn National Gaming is burning through $6.4 million daily having just 5.2 months before running out of cash, the report said.

NPR

Tens — perhaps hundreds (by some estimates) — of thousands of Nevadans have gotten, or will soon get, the bad news: They’ve been laid off due to the coronavirus crisis business stoppage. It’s an emotional, frightening time.

Wealth Management.com

Like many others across the country, financial advisors and firms have raced to become accustomed to a new way of working. Many offices are now empty, with many firms working entirely with clients, and colleagues, remotely.

Nevada Independent

With the number of coronavirus cases in the Silver State on the rise, The Nevada Independent will be keeping you up to date on the latest here, both through regular live blog updates and updates to our infographic tracking cases around Nevada. The most recent updates will be posted at the top.