Politics and Government
Nevada lawmakers voted early Monday to approve a bill they say could create thousands of jobs directly and indirectly through road construction.
Because of declining tax revenue caused by the deepening recession, Nevada’s government faced an $887 million budget shortfall, requiring a 20 percent overall cut in spending over the next 16 months.
Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a balanced budget deal with Gov. Jim Gibbons early Monday by imposing a range of fees on industries such as mining and banking and by striking a compromise in which all sides gave up something.
Gov. Jim Gibbons said Saturday that he and lawmakers were nearing a deal and were only $10 million to $30 million apart on how to raise enough revenue to close a $887 million budget gap.
School board members say the Clark County School District will suffer if legislators take away funds used to make small capital improvements throughout the district.
CARSON CITY — Most state employees would work four-day weeks of 10-hour days under a money-saving proposal that the state Senate ordered drafted into bill form Thursday.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada gaming industry refused Thursday to pay higher taxes or fees to help balance the state budget, a just-say-no stance that could derail Democratic plans to raise enough extra revenue to avoid deep cuts to education and social services.
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 […]
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.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, publicly faced senators for the first time after weeks of questions from Democrats — and praise from Republicans — about his “unconventional” resume.
Las Vegas’ Planning Commission could vote on a set of items related to a new housing development proposed for the defunct Badlands golf course, according to the body’s meeting agenda.
There are more than 200 missing and more than 300 unidentified individuals in the state of Nevada, according to a news release from the Clark County coroner’s office.
