Report distills budget picture, shows $2.5 billion in “extraordinary fiscal measures,” short-sighted approach

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 | 11:14 p.m.

Two expert firms take the best snapshot yet of the state budget picture and the challenges faced by the Legislature. Example: Did you know that Medicaid recipients may approach K-12 enrollment soon?

And this: "The rationality of Nevada’s state budget process has suffered as much from the

short-term remedies administered to it as

from our narrow tax base."

Lot to digest here:

Public Finance Report