Gov. Steve Sisolak said on Sunday he won’t immediately call a second special session, to allow him to focus on the fight against the coronavirus and the Legislature to prepare to address issues.
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The Nevada Legislature made final changes to a budget cutting bill Sunday on a bipartisan vote as the special session came to a close.
The second attempt in as many days to raise taxes on mining to help the state as it struggles with a hefty budget deficit failed in a vote along party lines in the state Senate.
A Democratic plan to raise taxes on mining by limiting deductions the industry currently enjoys fell one vote short of passing early Friday morning.
Lawmakers made incremental progress Wednesday on plugging a $1.2 billion pandemic-created state budget hole but concluded Day 8 of their special session leaving one of the heaviest lifts still on the table — a proposed half-billion dollar slashing of state agency budgets.
The Nevada Legislature, meeting in special session, passed a resolution asking the federal government for coronavirus assistance, and a bill allowing the state to raise money in a cash crunch.
Both used strong language in criticizing Jesus Jara, saying he that he had misrepresented the district’s role in the legislation in multiple public forums last week.
Nevada has had almost as many special sessions in the last 20 years as it did in the previous 135, but voters show little inclination to change things.
State lawmakers heard testimony on two controversial bills on Saturday, one to take funds from local schools and another to force state workers to take unpaid furloughs.
Proposed cuts to Nevada’s education budget are expected to disproportionately impact the state’s poor and minority students, and advocates and some lawmakers are pushing for the Legislature to find ways to keep those programs whole.
A person who was inside the Nevada Legislature building has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Brenda Erdoes said Friday.
Seven counties in Nevada with elevated indicators of COVID-19 transmission will see bars and other alcohol-only establishments close late Friday.
Lawmakers spent the second day of a special session Thursday continuing their review of proposed spending cuts needed to fill a projected $1.2 billion hole in the state budget.
The Nevada Policy Research Institute has filed a lawsuit contending that nine state lawmakers — including the Democratic leaders of both houses — are ineligible to serve under the state Constitution.
Gov. Steve Sisolak says he gets daily briefings about how the state is working to fix delays in the state’s unemployment system, which was overwhelmed by a huge number of claims.
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