After Gov. Jim Gibbons announced his support for cost-of-living increases for public school teachers, Clark County School District trustees approved final contracts for teachers and administrators after holding a closed session Thursday.
Politics and Government
Recent special sessions have been marked as less-than-special.
A Nevada governor facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. Public employees scheduled to receive 4 percent “cost-of-living” raises despite shrinking state revenues. A fierce debate over whether lawmakers should be called into special session to address the budget woes — and whether axing the raises or layoffs should be part of the solution.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said he will not recommend cutting or delaying 4 percent cost-of-living pay raises for teachers and state workers when he announces his plan today on how to slash $250 million to balance the state budget.
Valerie Soto on Wednesday offered up her 3-year-old daughter, Yvette Diaz, as an example of who would be hurt by further state budget cuts.
A respected straight shooter who hasn’t missed a session of the Nevada Legislature since 1969 won’t be at the special legislative session Friday.
CARSON CITY — Some lawmakers are suggesting cuts of $100 million or more could be implemented quickly by bipartisan agreement in the upcoming special session, leaving other decisions on Nevada’s massive budget shortfall for another day.
Part of a $62 million bill for employee pay raises is set to go before Clark County School District trustees on Thursday, before the state decides whether money to pay that tab will remain available.
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 […]
An audit discovered the owners of the locals casinos overpaid gaming taxes for years.
Gov. Joe Lombardo sent a letter requesting a legislative commission expand an audit of the CCSD to include an investigation into its potential budget shortfalls.
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled.
Airport officials are considering a massive modernization at Harry Reid International Airport that will expand Terminal 1 from 39 to 65 gates.