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March 28, 2024

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  • Assembly Speaker John Oceguera speaks before an Assembly meeting on the third day of the 2011 legislative session Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, in Carson City.
    Democratic infighting unfolds over state gun bill
    In a striking bit of intra-party fighting, Sen. John Lee laid into fellow Democrat Assembly Speaker John Oceguera for "plagiarizing" other legislators' gun bills.
  • Democrats: Sandoval budget uses $1.1 billion in one-time money
    Democrats said Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget uses $1.1 billion in one-time fixes to balance the budget, pushing budget problems toward another two years, and created uncertainty for businesses.
  • Nevada Senate rejects initiative on Strip arena
    The Senate unanimously rejected a Strip arena petition this afternoon, under a resolution that argued it was a local issue and noted that the taxes raised couldn’t be used for “essential services” from government.
  • Nevada state budget director Andrew Clinger testifies before the Senate Revenue committee at the Legislature in Carson City on Thursday, March 3, 2011.
    Sandoval administration admits $106 million budget hole
    Sandoval's budget director offered up a new plan to balance the state's budget, which takes another pot of money from school districts and still has a $106 million hole.
  • Assembly passes bill to use reserves for school construction
    It was a party line vote on the proposal to allow school districts to use more of their bond reserves for school construction. Gov. Brian Sandoval is almost sure to veto the bill.
  • Sandoval proposes smaller retirement plan for new hires
    Gov. Brian Sandoval will propose a drastically smaller retirement plan for new state workers in an effort to control long-term costs to the state.
  • Democrats say Sandoval budget has $325 million hole
    Sandoval's proposal to divert capital construction money to school operations doesn't wash and his budget is now unbalanced, Democratic lawmakers said.
  • Thanks to Gibbons, constitution would let voters consider tax
    The path out if there is a stalemate over the state's budget and taxes may have been paved by former Gov. Jim Gibbons. The “Tax Restraint Initiative,” which has frustrated pro-tax forces since it requires a two-thirds vote of lawmakers to increase taxes, also gives lawmakers and Gov. Brian Sandoval an apparent pathway to put a tax question to a vote of the people.
  • NDOT reminds lawmakers they can't raid highway money
    Transportation dollars can't be used to balance the state's general fund, the Nevada Department of Transportation Director Susan Martinovich happened to mention at a hearing today.
  • Sandoval searching for new economic development agency name
    The governor's administration neglected to secure the website before announcing it during the State of the State.
  • School district warns of consequences if state redirects bond money
    Clark County School District officials protested Gov. Brian Sandoval's plan to redirect money for school construction and maintenance, warning that the proposal would require the school district to refinance bonds, increasing long-term costs, or be forced to raise property taxes in order to repay its debt.
  • Republican senator says Democrats being 'rude'
    Just two days into legislative hearings on Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget, there's tension over the tone of Democrats' pushback.
  • Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval delivers his inaugural address during Monday's inauguration ceremony, Jan. 3, 2011 at the Capitol in Carson City.
    Increasingly worried liberals seek pushback on Sandoval budget
    Since Bill Raggio's sudden retirement from the senate, there has been a growing sense of worry among the set of lawmakers and interests who argue that new revenue is needed to avoid deep cuts to state services like health care programs, K-12 and higher education.
  • Gibbons refused pay cut, closed mansion to Sandovals
    After losing in the primary, Jim Gibbons stopped reimbursing the state for the equivalent of the 4.6 percent cut other state workers took. He also refused to allow the incoming first family to visit the mansion until the new year.
  • Sandoval proposes 5 percent pay cut, no furlough for state workers
    Gov. Brian Sandoval will propose state workers take a 5 percent budget cut over the next two years instead of taking a once-a-month furlough, which equaled a 4.6 percent cut.
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