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Opinion: Reluctance to tax? Where?

May 4, 2010
By ThisIsReno

SUBMITTED RELEASE By Geoffrey Lawrence, Nevada Policy Research Institute Contrary to what William Epstein and William Thompson of UNLV assert in their May 2 Las Vegas Review-Journal opinion column, there is no shortage of tax revenue in the Silver State. Politicians and others who would have us believe this fiction are guilty of distorting...
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Building a new Nevada – destroying dreams, deferring futures Part II

February 17, 2010
By ThisIsReno

Submitted by Chancellor Dan Klaich Nevada System of Higher Education I have spent a lot of time lately discussing the budget. My comments have tended to talk about millions of dollars coming out of campus funds and large percentage reductions to budgets or formulas. What that discussion has not conveyed is the personal damage...
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Chancellor says Nevada higher education system will plan for 8 percent budget cuts

January 7, 2010
By ThisIsReno

SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE by Sean Whaley – Nevada News Bureau Chancellor Dan Klaich has informed the state budget office that the higher education system will participate in a budget cutting exercise in the event spending reductions are needed due to lower than expected tax revenues. In a letter to state Budget Director Andrew Clinger...
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Nevada System of Higher Education awarded $5.7 million for renewable energy research

December 1, 2009
By ThisIsReno

The Nevada System of Higher Education has received $5.7 million-over the past two fiscal years-from the U.S. Department of Energy for renewable energy, including the latest installment, $3.2 million to be used for a renewable energy consortium – an association between the three NSHE research institutions and participating community colleges. This support is the...
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