CARSON CITY – Assembly Republicans, who haven’t had a majority presence in the Legislature in 25 years, are working with their Senate colleagues in the special session in an effort to get their views heard on how to solve a $900 million budget shortfall.
Senate Republicans, who are in the minority themselves in the upper house [...]
Thursday: March 11, 2010
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Conservative Caucus, GOP Minority Fight to Get Their Views Heard in Special SessionBudget Puzzle Remains Incomplete as Legislature Starts Special SessionCARSON CITY – As the Nevada Legislature plodded through the first day of a special session called to erase a nearly $900 million budget shortfall yesterday, several key proposals promoted by different interests to help resolve the fiscal crisis remained works in progress. Lawmakers, Governor at Odds Over Budget PlanCARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons is sticking with much of his plan on how to find $890 million to balance the state budget even as lawmakers continue to question the viability of some elements, including $50 million in additional mining revenues and $30 million from an automobile insurance verification program using highway cameras. Gibbons Criticizes Sandoval on State Building Lease Back Proposal, Sandoval Says Gibbons Budget Plan Raises TaxesCARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons today criticized a proposal by GOP opponent Brian Sandoval to let private investors take over state buildings as investments in exchange for upfront payments as a way to help balance the state budget. Lawmakers and Governor Continue to Look for Solutions to Massive Budget ShortfallCARSON CITY – As Gov. Jim Gibbons and lawmakers continued to work today toward a plan to balance the state budget, a number of potential solutions were called into question during a hearing today. Gibbons Defends Budget Plan, Challenges Nevadans to Provide Alternatives if they DisagreeCARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons today defended his plan to balance the state budget and challenged critics to come forward with workable alternatives if they object to any parts of his proposal. Millennium Scholarship Program Slated for $12.6 Million Hit in Governor’s Budget Balancing PlanCARSON CITY – Among the multiple proposals identified today by Gov. Jim Gibbons to balance a state budget that is out of balance by $890 million is a hit to the Gov. Guinn Millennium Scholarship program for Nevada high school graduates. Gibbons Wants Hearing on School Voucher Plan, Says Competition Would Improve Educational Opportunities for Children(Updated at 12:04 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2010) Reno Town Hall Meeting on Budget Woes Draws 500 CitizensOver 90 Nevada citizens voiced their opinions about the economic situation to Nevada legislators at the Reno Town Hall meeting Saturday morning. An estimated 500 citizens showed up at Reno City Hall to hear the speakers, many of them health care and education public employees as well as people advocating for the arts. Approximately 200 [...] Unconstitutional Property Tax Practices ReviewedA Department of Taxation workshop held today reviewed proposals to equalize property taxes, a requirement of the Nevada State Constitution that county assessors have had difficulty realizing. All-Time Record Percentage Decline in Gaming Win in 2009CARSON CITY – Nevada’s gaming win in calendar year 2009 tumbled to its worst performance since records began 55 years ago, declining 10.4 percent over 2008, the state Gaming Control Board reported today. Gibbons Wants Restructuring of State Government in Budget Crisis – Lawmakers Want to Lessen Impact of Cuts with Fees, Enhanced Tax Collections(Updated at 10:23 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2010) Gibbons Prepares for Major Speech to Nevadans on the State Budget Crisis, Ways to Fill $881 Million GapCARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons will give one of the most watched speeches of his political career in just a few hours as he outlines Nevada’s economic crisis and talks about a state budget deficit that could lead to layoffs, critical program cuts and higher fees for college students. Nevada Transportation Department Obligates All Road Project Stimulus FundsCARSON CITY – Nevada’s Transportation Department, which came in for some criticism last year for what was described as a slow start to spending its share of federal stimulus money, announced this week that all of its funds have now been obligated a month ahead of schedule. Reorganizing Course Offerings May Be One Way to Solve Budget Shortfall, Higher Education Chancellor SaysCARSON CITY – Higher education Chancellor Dan Klaich said today that proposals made by Regent Mark Alden to shift teacher and nursing courses from the state’s universities to lower cost colleges should be part of the discussion on how to absorb impending funding cuts. |
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