CARSON CITY — Before the Legislature’s special session started 12 days ago, lawmakers expressed their outrage at a proposal to cut back on an item essential to the lives of those who are incontinent. Diapers.
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.
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