America's population center is edging away from the Midwest, pulled by Hispanic growth in the Southwest, according to census figures.

Arizona, and many more states across the country, are pushing forward with their own immigration laws. They're frustrated the federal government is not doing something about the issue. We'll look at the latest bills in Arizona's legislature as well as debate the true cost of having so many undocumented workers in America.

Beyond the gates of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park, the fairy tale stops abruptly — with no happily-ever-after ending.

Despite being hammered by the recession and housing bust that created record unemployment and foreclosures, the Las Vegas area continues to gain people at a phenomenal rate.

Nevada went to bust from boom in a decade as population growth, once the fastest in the U.S., slowed to almost zero while homeowners struggled with plunging values and the nation's highest unemployment rate.

Ted McAleer says he’s got a silver bullet for creating jobs in the Silver State. McAleer is with a unique University of Utah-based jobs research program, and lately he’s become the toast of Nevada.

The Great Recession has laid bare, with vivid and wrenching clarity, the problem with a state economy too dependent on housing and construction, tourism and population growth.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to destroy most of the public-employee unions in Wisconsin is being presented as a way to cut state budget deficits.

This newspaper produced a fascinating piece of research last week: a compendium of 14 arenas and stadiums proposed for the Las Vegas area since 1996. Nine of those plans are dead; five remain alive.