After years of fits and starts, three university presidents, two medical school deans, two governors and one pandemic, last Wednesday marked the end of a long and tortured road — the red ribbon was cut, and the Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building at UNLV was finally complete.

The Engelstad Foundation and the Andre Agassi Foundation are financially backing the initiative, which has an application deadline of March 31.

Trustees originally called the special board meeting to address redistricting, but by Thursday, they were facing a larger question: How should they select an interim leader of the nation’s fifth-largest school district?

Three weeks after the chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education leveled serious allegations against the top two members of the Board of Regents, little has changed. 

Ten candidates are entering the final weeks of their campaigns for the Clark County Commission, campaigns begun months before COVID-19 was on their radar. Democrats are dramatically outpacing their challengers in funding for three of these spots while a fourth is host to a high-dollar contest between two high profile politicians.

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When Gov. Steve Sisolak announced more than $155 million in private funds for a centerpiece building at the UNLV Medical School last November, it was the end result of nearly a decade of negotiating over an edifice that had more than once been thrown into the waste bin.

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced on Wednesday at least $155 million in private donations that will spur development of a key facility for the nascent UNLV School of Medicine, capping a years-long quest to find the millions needed to build the sprawling medical facility.

Two freshman Democrats fighting to hold onto their seats in 2020 in an effort to help their party retain their majority in the House have built up substantial cash leads to fend off any would-be Republican challengers, according to quarterly campaign finance reports due on Monday.

A frustrated Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick gave UNLV President Marta Meana a professional thrashing Tuesday over delays in the development of the anchor building for the university’s fledgling medical school. Let’s give credit where it’s due.

Years have passed, and an endless parade of clients has come through the doors of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, but Barbara Buckley will never forget the panic in the young mother’s voice.