CARSON CITY — Lawmakers approved the equivalent of a 4 percent cut in teacher salaries and a mandatory furlough of one day per month for other state employees Monday as they struggled to formulate a state budget amid historic revenue shortfalls.
Politics and Government
CARSON CITY — In a state where people value small government and little intervention in their private lives, the Nevada Legislature is considering several bills that would increase the power of authorities to collect and store sensitive information on the people they seek to protect.
CARSON CITY — With a vital revenue report in hand, Nevada legislators start the 14th week of the 2009 session on Monday with a joint meeting of Senate and Assembly budget panels trying to resolve their differences in proposed spending for the next two fiscal years.
The state Legislature has been meeting for 90 days, but the real work is just beginning.
CARSON CITY — A Senate panel was told Friday that a bill stepping up state record-keeping to help keep guns away from the mentally ill has been revised to deal with earlier criticism that it didn’t protect Nevadans’ constitutional due-process rights.
CARSON CITY — State officials will have to make steeper budget cuts or increase taxes far more than anticipated since Nevada’s economy will continue to tank heading into 2010, according to tax revenue forecasts made Friday by the Economic Forum.
CARSON CITY — A policy analyst for a conservative think tank has done what neither Gov. Jim Gibbons nor the state Legislature has been able to do — balance a much smaller state budget without tax increases or federal stimulus funds.
CARSON CITY — On the eve of a critical meeting of the state Economic Forum, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Thursday that he will ask legislators to increase the 6 percent salary reductions he proposed for state employees, teachers and university workers.
CARSON CITY– The Assembly voted 33-9 Wednesday for a bill to require cigarette manufacturers to sell only “fire safe” cigarettes in Nevada starting in 2010.
CARSON CITY — Analysts calculating a revenue hole in Nevada’s budget have increased the figure by at least $300 million, bringing a total estimated shortfall to $3 billion or more if lawmakers wanted to maintain current government service levels over the next two fiscal years.
CARSON CITY — The state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for a plan that would allow for specialized courts for military veterans charged with nonviolent crimes while struggling to readjust to civilian life.
CARSON CITY — The Assembly voted Wednesday for a bill aimed at blocking unwarranted use of high-priced consultants by state government agencies.
CARSON CITY — A legislative budget panel voted as expected Tuesday to reject Gov. Jim Gibbons’ recommendation and keep the old Nevada State Prison, which dates to the 1870s, open for the next two years.
CARSON CITY — An Assembly panel was asked Tuesday to back a bill that would streamline the process for restoring civil rights to criminal offenders after they have paid their debts to society.
CARSON CITY — A Senate panel was urged Tuesday to support an Assembly-approved plan that would help prevent identity theft by making less credit card information available on printed receipts.
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