Nevada lawmakers voted early Monday to approve a bill they say could create thousands of jobs directly and indirectly through road construction.
Politics and Government
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.
Is it time for the Nevada Legislature to hold annual sessions? That’s the question on some lawmakers’ minds as they meet this week in an emergency special session called by Gov. Jim Gibbons to solve the worst budget crisis in state history.
CARSON CITY — Making a rare, surprise visit to the Legislature, Gov. Jim Gibbons met today with Republican leaders and said he wouldn’t accept raising more revenue from any industry including mining and gaming unless the businesses agreed.
