Gov. Brian Sandoval has suggested that students pay “significantly higher fees” to attend Nevada colleges and universities, higher education officials said Wednesday.

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Former Gov. Jim Gibbons left office without campaign debt, having repaid over $120,000 to donors after he lost June’s primary. State law allows $10,000 contributions from a single individual or corporate entity for an election - $5,000 for a primary and $5,000 for a general election.

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Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval and his family began the inaugural day with a special mass in Carson City.

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At a time when Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval is asking departments to prepare budget cuts as high as 30 percent, he has added an additional officer for his family’s protection.

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The Nevada higher education system said Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval should not assume a 10 percent cut to higher education.

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Sandoval’s budget assumes a 10 percent reduction to state spending, a $175 million cut to higher education and another two years of furloughs for state workers.

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The Economic Forum emerged from its hibernation today and saw two more sour years for the state’s economy.

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Governor-elect Brian Sandoval will retain budget director Andrew Clinger, but won’t provide any details on his proposed budget until December.

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Longtime Republican icon and state Senate leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, faces a serious challenge to his leadership spot held since 1977 after endorsing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over Sharron Angle.

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Secretary of State Ross Miller said that at the current pace, 250,000 voters will have cast their ballots before campaign contribution and expense reports are released Tuesday, highlighting the shortcomings of Nevada election law.

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