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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.

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

CARSON CITY – As the Nevada Legislature plodded through the first day of a special session called to erase a nearly $900 million

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

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons today defended his plan to balance the state budget and challenged critics to come forward with workable alternatives if they object to any parts of his proposal.

Governor Gibbons has notified state lawmakers they will be ordered back to Carson City on February 23rd to convene a special session of the State Legislature to deal with the state’s nearly $900 mi

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau

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

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

CARSON CITY – Gov.

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

RENO – Those charged with overseeing Nevada’s system of higher education heard several scenarios today if the current state budget crisis requires cuts of 22 percent, from closing campuses to huge

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

As Nevada lawmakers, the governor and other elected and appointed officials ponder how to prevent the sinking of the State of Nevada, debate, and some of it angry, roils around picking additional sour

Governor Gibbons, meeting with a few lawmakers today, announced his intention to end collective bargaining laws pertaining to government employees in Nevada, including school teachers.

At his much touted “Open Door Meeting” with state lawmakers and the news media, Governor Gibbons started the session with a dismal evaluation of the state budget, said more state worker pay cuts or fu

Lawmakers on Thursday told state Welfare Administrator Romaine Gillila

NV panel to again consider prison staff furloughsStaff Writer

Moody's Analytics wins bid for tax studyBy GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers have amended a the health care overhaul bill to allow workers who lose their jobs to keep their employer-provided care until they get new coverage.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The prospects for a quick budget-balancing deal between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top lawmakers dimmed late Wednesday as negotiations broke down over education funding.