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A source inside Governor Gibbon’s 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 State Senate and Assembly have this week considered cuts to education as they seek ways to close Nevada’s $881 million budget gap at the legislative special session.

(Updated at 2:37 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2010)

State lawmakers are hardly endearing themselves to Governor Gibbons in that they have taken informal votes on his major cuts to K-12 and University/College budgets.

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

After President Obama announced his plan to eliminate funding for the Y

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.

CARSON CITY – Assembly Republicans, who haven’t had a majority presence in the Legislature in 25 years, are working with their Senate col

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

CARSON CITY – Gov.

Faced with the prospects of massive teacher layoffs, more state worker pink slips and shorter paychecks for those who stay, slashed services for the poor, the sick and the elderly, and the closure

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.

CARSON CITY – As Gov.

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

By Phillip Moyer | Nevada News Bureau

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

A Department of Taxation workshop held today reviewed proposals to equalize property taxes, a requirement of the Nevada Sta

(Updated at 10:23 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2010)

CARSON CITY – Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said today that dozens of cuts proposed by Gov.

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

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Some scenes from today’s Carson High School Assembly for Winterfest 2010. Catch the black-light hip-hop brake dancing at the end. These kids are really good!!

(Updated at 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 27, 2010)

Unfortunately, mining is a cyclical industry, so while there may be substantial revenue one year, mining taxes can be a dry hole the next. Same for big gaming.

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Robin Williamson was rumored to be going after either the Senate seat being vacated by termed-out Sen. Mark Amodei, or a seat in the Assembly. When Assm.

Ward 1 Carson City Supervisor Robin Williamson today announced her intent to file for the seat being vacated by outgoing Assemblywoman Bonnie Parnell, D-40.

Breakups are usually sad affairs, and the implosion of the marriage of Jim and Dawn Gibbons is no exception. Having met and talked with both of them on multiple occasions, it's hard not to feel sorry for them.

The assembly line looked a little different at the GE Energy plant in

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