Special Session 2008

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Where Gibbons, Buckley and Raggio stand, as of today

Sun, Jun 22, 2008

By David McGrath Schwartz

Upheaval in the capital last Friday as the state’s Economic Forum crunched some more ugly numbers and the governor decided to delay a special session until this Friday.

Target still vague as special session looms

Fri, Jun 20, 2008

By David McGrath Schwartz

What in the name of Pythagoras is going on? Nevada lawmakers — facing next week’s special session — need to repair the state budget by cutting it. But, as of ...

As troubles mount, Gibbons disengages

Sun, Jun 15, 2008

By J. Patrick Coolican, David McGrath Schwartz

Gov. Jim Gibbons called an emergency budget meeting with elected officials last week, but he and his staff failed to notify key legislators, who learned of it from media reports.

What gets cut?

Sat, Jun 14, 2008

By David McGrath Schwartz, Cy Ryan

Gov. Jim Gibbons’ call for a special legislative session is unprecedented in the history of the state, according to Nevada historians. This is the first time, historians say, that an ...

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Smatresk vows more openness

Sat, Nov 21, 2009

By Emily Richmond

UNLV President Neal Smatresk’s meeting with the Faculty Senate — and his pledge of better communication about budgetary decisions — appears to have helped smooth some ruffled feathers.

Report: Nevada's tax system hits poor the hardest

Wed, Nov 18, 2009

By Cy Ryan

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s tax system hits hardest at low and middle-income wage earners and gives the rich a break, according to a new tax study. Nevada’s tax system is ...

Gibbons: Special session would target test scores law

Tue, Nov 17, 2009

By Cy Ryan

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday that if he calls a special session of the Legislature he might ask lawmakers to repeal a law preventing Nevada from competing ...

Lawmakers look at past appropriations to learn for future

Tue, Nov 17, 2009

By David McGrath Schwartz

The list of projects approved by the 2007 Legislature looks like a collection of receipts from a Christmas past, when mommy and daddy still had jobs and the house wasn’t ...

Running the state revenue structure meeting through a truth filter

Sun, Nov 15, 2009

By Jon Ralston

If only someone spiked the java with truth serum before Thursday’s meeting of the Subcommittee to Conduct a Review of Nevada’s Revenue Structure, which will appoint members of the Nevada ...

Weighing whether Gibbons will seek reelection

Wed, Nov 11, 2009

By Jon Ralston

As Year Three of the painfully memorable Gibbons governorship comes to a close, the most asked questions about his future are: Can he win, and will he run?

School maintenance slipping

Wed, Nov 11, 2009

By Emily Richmond

As of July 31, the district’s backlog of maintenance work orders had nearly tripled to 12,937 from 4,327 at the end of July 2008, according to information being presented at ...

One state's trash …

Tue, Nov 10, 2009

By Stephanie Tavares

Californians are planning on dumping more of their garbage in Nevada, and federal law says Nevada can’t simply ban it, officials say. So Gov. Jim Gibbons and others are proposing ...

County considers suing over travel Web site room taxes

Sat, Nov 7, 2009

By Joe Schoenmann

As other parts of the country win tens of millions of dollars in court judgments against online tourism companies, Clark County commissioners are talking about following suit. At issue is ...

IRS could be looking for you — with a check

Fri, Nov 6, 2009

By Erin Dostal

About 1,700 taxpayers in Nevada did not receive their tax refunds this year because of mailing address errors — a total of $2.2 million in undeliverable checks, according to the ...

3 Las Vegans join state Commission on Nuclear Projects

Thu, Nov 5, 2009

By Mary Manning

When the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects meets Tuesday at Las Vegas City Hall, three new commissioners will take their seats, and they are all from Las Vegas.

With revenues falling, city of Henderson likely to see layoffs

Thu, Nov 5, 2009

By Erin Dostal

In Henderson, consolidated tax revenues continue to be lower than projected, and the city is likely to implement layoffs and program cuts early next year, a city spokesman said. Consolidated ...

Special session of Legislature likely; tax hike not

Tue, Nov 3, 2009

By David McGrath Schwartz

The “no new taxes” slogan isn’t just for the governor anymore. As tax revenue continues to plummet, a special legislative session to address a growing budget gap becomes more likely. ...

Spokesman: Gibbons 'made mistake' over Reid car bomb

Mon, Nov 2, 2009

By David McGrath Schwartz

Gov. Jim Gibbons today repeated his belief on a Nevada political show that the bomb in Harry Reid's station wagon in 1981 was a telephone book in a shoe box. ...

Likely cost of state mandate on marking sewer lines: $700,000

Sun, Nov 1, 2009

By Joe Schoenmann

Laterals have to be located and marked due to a law passed by the 2009 Legislature. A lateral is the pipe that extends from the sewer main in the middle ...

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