state budget

Assemblywoman Bonnie Parnell talks about the just-finished special
session of the Nevada Legislature, and the struggle to balance the
state's budget.

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CARSON CITY –A college scholarship available to eligible Nevada high school graduates could be in fin

With the Legislature reaching a deal to close the $800 billion shortfall late Sunday, party leaders referred to the intimidating difficulties they will face in next year’s session when legislators will have to deal with a projected $3 billion shortfall in the next biennium.

CARSON CITY – Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert said in an interview today that GOP agreement to include a new f

Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, told reporters Saturday night that legislative leaders, Governor Gibbons and administrative officials have come to a tentative agreement on how to plu

Trying to plug a nearly one billion dollar hole in the state budget has been a bit of a roller coaster ride.

CARSON CITY – Because of the tense relationship between the Legislature and Gov.

As state lawmakers scramble to fill a nearly one billion dollar hole in the state budget, political warfare has escalated between Governor Gibbons and the Legislature.

Las Vegas (and international) gaming mogul/billionaire Steve Wynn is quoted in a Las Vegas newspaper today that he’s investing in new casinos in Pennsylvania where he’ll pay up to a 55% tax rate on

How things are going with the special session of the legislature’s efforts to plug a one billion dollar budget hole varies by who you talk to.

Lawmakers, Governor at Odds Over Budget Plan
By Sean Whaley | 7:07 pm February 22nd, 2010

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UNLV students will amass on the steps of the State Legislature on the morning of the first day of the special session of the legislature.

By Sean Whaley | 3:38 pm February 19th, 2010

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While staring a nearly one billion dollar budget deficit in the face, Governor Gibbons and state lawmakers are already drawing lines in the sand about what they will or won’t consider in closing th

By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau

CARSON 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.

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau

By Phillip Moyer | Nevada News Bureau

By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau

CARSON CITY – Among the multiple proposals identified today by Gov.

(Updated at 12:04 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2010)

Over 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 Ha

Superintendent Richard Stokes says Carson City schools will temporarily avoid potential damage caused by slumping state support due to the recession.

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State Budget Talk: University Chancellor Dan Klaich told his Board of Regents this week that if Governor Gibbons cuts the state budget 22% across the board, it would obliterate Nevada’s system of hig

CARSON CITY – In the face of potential college campus closures, hundreds of state employee layoffs and a state budget crisis of unprecedented proportions, there was a tiny bit of good news delivere

RENO – Those charged with overseeing Nevada’s system of higher education heard several scenarios today if the current state budget crisis requires cuts of 22 percent, from closing campuses to huge