CARSON CITY — Time is running out for the Nevada Legislature as the 17th and final week of the 2011 session begins Monday with the budget still very much in doubt because of a state Supreme Court ruling that questions the legality of funding tactics.
Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto refused GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval’s request to seek clarification from the state Supreme Court on its controversial Thursday decision, which seriously impacts his proposed state budget.
A leading Democratic lawmaker said legislators and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval are considering a line of credit, mining taxes and revenue from abandoned casino winnings as options to balance the state’s next two-year budget.
The Senate and Assembly approved nearly 80 bills Saturday as legislators rushed to clear the dockets before the June 6 adjournment. Both houses intend to work through the Memorial Day weekend.
CARSON CITY– Assemblyman Scott Hammond, R-Las Vegas, had a good excuse Saturday to miss a few afternoon votes.
Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto refused GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval’s request to seek clarification from the state Supreme Court on its controversial Thursday decision, which seriously impacts his proposed state budget.
A new day has dawned in Nevada. No matter the contours of the budget deal GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval works out with Democratic leaders of the Legislature, the state can no longer freely grab pots of local government money to balance its budget, thanks to a Nevada Supreme Court decision.
The Impact Nevada TV program for this weekend examines how Gov. Brian Sandoval is confronting a major setback in balancing the state budget (5:30 p.m., Ch. 8).
Gov. Brian Sandoval will not support reauthorizing all of the $679 million in taxes that expire June 30 as a way to solve an unexpected problem in his budget, his senior adviser said Friday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval will announce Friday that he has switched from his no-new-taxes pledge and instead will support reauthorizing $626 million in taxes that are scheduled to expire June 30.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
Sen. Jacky Rosen reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would implement “no taxes on tips,” a major campaign promise of President-elect Donald Trump.
A $200 million public-private partnership to reduce homelessness in Southern Nevada will move forward, Gov. Joe Lombardo said in his State of the State speech.
The high-rise was approved on Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council.
Gov. Joe Lombardo made sweeping policy proposals at his State of the State Address, including making teacher raises permanent and extending pay raises to charter school teachers.
