Politics and Government
It’s not about what education programs to cut, parents and employees told Clark County School District officials Tuesday night. Raising taxes should be considered as the system confronts an anticipated 2011-12 budget shortfall of up to $400 million.
Assemblyman Ed Goedhart wants the federal government to pay Nye County and Nevada for contaminating an estimated $18 billion worth of water under the Nevada National Security Site through 828 underground nuclear tests.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are stepping up the pace as they start the sixth week of their 120-day legislative session today, with more budgeting hearings and several committees holding work sessions to vote on bills.
CARSON CITY — State Sen. John Lee thinks it’s a fair trade: You pay a mandatory $3 more for your annual vehicle registration, and you get into Nevada’s 25 state parks for free.
CARSON CITY — A rash of broken jaws and an aging prison population have driven up medical costs across the Nevada prison system, state correctional officials told lawmakers Friday.
CARSON CITY — The state’s colleges and universities will eliminate programs, lay off hundreds of employees and leave thousands of students with nowhere else to go if the governor’s budget goes through, the institutions’ presidents said Friday.
CARSON CITY — Nevada Assembly members welcomed a special guest Friday — 19-day-old Xavier Carson Alejandre, the son of Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz.
