By Geoffrey Lawrence, Nevada Policy Research Institute As lawmakers emerge from the 26th special session and head toward a highly contentious 2011 regular session, it is clear that Nevada’s budget crunch is the direct result of two primary factors. First, budget making suffers from a structural problem that leads naturally to unsustainable growth in...
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OPINION: Could PERS be a silver bullet?
Gibbons cites special session negotiations in appeal
Casting Gov. Jim Gibbons as “the governor we can’t afford to lose!” the Gibbons campaign is appealing to supporters for help. “In this time of economic challenge, we need a governor who can be relied upon to keep taxes in check and show leadership when it counts!” a recent e-mail says. “When the Special...
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State legislators disagree on solutions to projected $3 billion budget shortfall in 2011
By Phillip Moyer, Nevada News Bureau With the Nevada 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. On the table,...
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Gibbons campaign: Let’s build one Nevada together
SUBMITTED CAMPAIGN LETTER “This building is full of difficult decisions and Gov. Gibbons’ participation has been instrumental in making these decisions reach the critical point of action” – Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki Friends, It’s hard to look around Nevada and not see the toll taken by the current economic crisis. With...
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Opinion: Sandoval: Balance budget on backs of taxpayers, spare industry
SUBMITTED RELEASE FROM NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY By Phoebe Sweet LAS VEGAS–Republican gubernatorial hopeful Brian Sandoval has proven that he’ll take the side of big business over Nevada taxpayers every time. This week Sandoval came out against a common sense solution to help shore up our state’s budget hole–a fee on new mining claims...
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Assembly GOP leader says bank fee in budget a tradeoff, concerned about last minute jobs bill
By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY–Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert said in an interview today that GOP agreement to include a new fee on banks in the final budget deal approved by the Legislature early today was in exchange for support for keeping Nevada State Prison open. Gov. Jim Gibbons had proposed...
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New senator talks about first vote of special session, future votes
By Phillip Moyer, Nevada News Bureau Republican Senator Stan Olsen cast his first vote since taking office as one of only five Nevada legislators to say “Nay” to the bill amending NRS 386.650 in a way that would allow Nevada to qualify for federal Race to the Top grants. Olsen, who was chosen by...
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Source: Gibbons will not veto Race to the Top bill
By Elizabeth Crum, Nevada News Bureau A source inside Gov. Jim Gibbons’ office today said Gibbons will not veto the Race to the Top education bill passed Wednesday evening by the state Senate and Assembly during the special session of the Legislature. A Gibbons spokesperson told the Las Vegas Review Journal yesterday that he...
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Assembly speaker says governor’s education reform plan not likely to get hearing in special session
By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY–Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said “probably not” when asked this morning if the Legislature will have the time to consider education reform and the other measures included in Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proclamation for the special session now entering its fourth day. Gibbons on Wednesday amended the proclamation...
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Building a new Nevada – destroying dreams, deferring futures Part VIII
By Chancellor Dan Klaich Nevada System of Higher Education For the past week, I have been sharing how higher education changes lives, one student at a time. My goal has been to put a face to the impersonal reduction numbers that have been on everyone’s minds. We are now in the thick of the...
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