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Special Session 2008

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Gov. Jim Gibbons says he has faced a "perfect storm" of crises during his term as governor, and his administration has handled them "remarkably well."

According to Nevada historians, Gov. Jim Gibbons' call for an off-year special session to address the state's budget shortfall was unprecedented.

The governor, in the midst of personal and political crisis, called legislators to Carson City to cut more out of Nevada’s ailing budget.

And after 12 hours, the session ended. An agreement forged by Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio passed both houses, and was forwarded to the governor, who has indicated he will sign them into law.

Archive highlights

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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Summer dreams

Fri, Jul 3, 2009

By Jon Ralston

What they will do with their summer vacations? The business of politics takes a hiatus — or it is supposed to during odd-numbered years, from sine die to Labor Day. ...

UMC's bill collections baffle

Wed, Jul 1, 2009

By Joe Schoenmann

University Medical Center is collecting less than 1 percent of its past-due bills, a situation that one county commissioner said needs to be quickly addressed to turn around the financially ...

How state furloughs will work, for now

Wed, Jul 1, 2009

By Cy Ryan

With state employees set to take their first furlough days this week, the Personnel Department adopted emergency regulations governing the unpaid time off.

Judge green-lights suit against Gibbons

Wed, Jul 1, 2009

By Jeff German

Chief U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt is refusing to toss out Chrissy Mazzeo’s civil rights lawsuit. The former cocktail waitress alleges that several people conspired with Jim Gibbons on a ...

Nevada jeered, American Samoa cheered for stimulus Web sites

Tue, Jun 30, 2009

By Timothy Pratt

Nevada and American Samoa both launched Web sites in the same week of early March to keep track of the massive amounts of money that Congress had just approved under ...

North-south fight over money may get new life

Tue, Jun 30, 2009

By Jean Reid Norman

Recalculating the state’s formula for funding higher education will take some higher math, but one part of the equation is already in place. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assemblyman ...

Wait times climb at the DMV; Northern Nevada, you’re next

Mon, Jun 29, 2009

By David McGrath Schwartz

Few issues bring out the anger of Nevadans like a long wait at the DMV. For Southern Nevadans that irritation has been compounded by the knowledge that wait times here ...

Blame game over financial hit to county is under way

Sun, Jun 28, 2009

By Joe Schoenmann

From the standpoint of Clark County officials, the 2009 Legislature carried out one of the worst government-on-government thefts in state history. Who’s to blame — that is, who beyond the ...

Fire service could suffer from latest cuts

Sun, Jun 28, 2009

By Joe Schoenmann

Clark County administrators say there is a real possibility the county Fire Department will suggest rolling “brownouts” as a way of coping with the county’s budget woes.

The fight over the closing of F Street

Sun, Jun 28, 2009

By Sam Skolnik

The decision to close the street opened old wounds and will end up costing taxpayers $40 million to $70 million -- millions governments could have saved had more residents been ...

Gibbons calls for report on high gas prices

Fri, Jun 26, 2009

By Cy Ryan

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to know what, if anything, can be done about high gasoline prices, which could keep tourists away from Nevada during this summer season.

A $16 artifact rich with significance

Thu, Jun 25, 2009

By David McGrath Schwartz

Gov. Jim Gibbons’ tenure has, for better or worse, been memorable. Now a piece of it is museum-worthy. The hardest-working veto stamp in Nevada history, which Gibbons’ deployed a record ...

Fallout of budget cuts: Museums’ closed doors

Thu, Jun 25, 2009

By Cy Ryan

The state’s seven museums typically get a third of their annual visitation from July 4 through Labor Day. That will likely drop this summer because budget cuts have forced the ...

Las Vegas man accused in $31 million tax fraud scheme

Wed, Jun 24, 2009

By Torey Van Oot

A federal court has barred a Las Vegas man accused of coordinating a tax fraud scheme that cost the Treasury Department an estimated $31 million in lost revenue from continuing ...

When will I get my property tax bill?

Tue, Jun 23, 2009

Clark County will drop the bills in the mail the third week of July.