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Amid an uptick in people testing positive for COVID-19 nearly two weeks after Nevada reopened casinos, Gov. Steve Sisolak said the state is not yet ready to enter into “Phase 3” of business reopenings.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak notified state employees Thursday of proposed plans to address the projected Fiscal Year 2021 budget shortfall.

Preliminary estimates indicate approximately a $900 million General Fund shortfall, when combined with the Distributive School Account, the revenue shortfall increases up to $1.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2021. The estimated revenue shortfall represents a significant percentage of the state’s overall $4.5 billion operating appropriations for the fiscal year.

Although most retail businesses in the state were allowed to open May 9 to in-person service with extra precautions as part of the state’s “Phase 1” reopening, casino resorts were noticeably excluded.

Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 79,285 regular initial claims for the week ending March 4, up 7,343 claims, or 10.2 percent compared to last week’s total of 71,942.

This is the second highest weekly total in state history. Through week ending April 4, there have been 271,533 initial claims filed in 2020, this is 28,417 more than the state saw in the last two years combined.

Gov. Steve Sisolak is asking state agencies to identify “potential areas for reductions” in their budgets — with up to $687 million in possible cuts over the next two years — as the state deals with an expected financial crunch created by the coronavirus crisis.

During the annual “State of the City” address Friday at Gold Dust West, Carson City’s Mayor Bob Crowell gave his last speech of its kind, as he is retiring at the end of this year.

The State of the City address is a way community members can be kept up to date on everything going on in our capital city, including achievements, challenges, and everything in between.

Updates included achievements such as the completion of the water pipeline from Douglas County to Carson City, the Complete Streets Project, Tesla’s grant for the Carson City School District, the first new park opening in 12 years, the opening of the Disc Golf course, and more.

Students and educators at Carson High School will celebrate national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month in an invitation-only event with a special visit from Nevada State Governor Steve Sisolak, Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8:45 a.m. in Senator Square at Carson High School. Event seating begins at 8:30 a.m. with the Governor’s address at 8:45 a.m.

CARSON CITY — Question 3 seems to be the hot ticket item on the ballot this year. In short, if Question 3 is adopted, electricity monopolies would be prohibited by Nevada law, allowing energy customers the right to choose who their energy provider is, and generate their own energy for resale.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Gov. Brian Sandoval has issued a proclamation declaring February Career and Technical Education Month in Nevada.

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in February, the first time it has been below 5 percent since November 2007, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. The jobless rate ticked down one-tenth of a percentage point from January, from 5 percent.

CARSON CITY — Initials claims for unemployment insurance increased by three percent in January compared to January 2016 claims, according to figures released Thursday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Students and faculty at Carson High School will join others across the nation during the month of February to celebrate national Career and Technical Education Month.

Unemployment claims in Nevada continued a stable trend, with claims down 10.3 percent statewide in October, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Tuesday.

In October, 11,620 initial claims for unemployment insurance were filed in Nevada, continuing the stable trend seen over the last several months.

Now that the highway through Gold Canyon has been closed to vehicle traffic, forcing us to use the much longer and quite dangerous truck route, perhaps it's time to question the value of CMI's presence on the Comstock.

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to 15,572 in January, the lowest for that month since 2007.A spokesman for the Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation said historically, seasonal layoffs cau...

Nevada unemployment insurance claims fell 7.7 percent in January compared to January 2014 figures, with 15,572 initial claims filed. It is the lowest number of January initial claims since 2007, employment officials said Thursday.

The Nevada Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision issued Wednesday, lifted the injunction preventing Reno from laying off 32 firefighters. The layoffs were ordered in May after the federal gover...

In November, 16,389 initial claims for unemployment insurance were filed in Nevada, up from October when they were at 14,124, and up 12 percent from November 2013 when there were 14,673 initial claims.

Data behind the overall initial claim counts indicates this increase was driven by a type of claim known as additional claims, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, in a news release.

Nevada’s Community Health Centers are extolling bipartisan Members of Congress who are calling for a solution to looming funding reductions that will affect the patients they serve.

The efforts on Capitol Hill come as operational support for more than 1,300 Health Center organizations serving approximately 23 million patients nationwide is threatened.

The National Association of Community Health Centers estimates that more than 13,000 patients could lose access to care in the state of Nevada, even as demand for primary care increases and is expected to climb.

After years of cuts and layoffs Lyon County has seen an increase in funding and balanced a budget with no cuts of employees. In the past several years the County has eliminated 120 positions, a 30 percent workforce reduction.

The following was read at the Feb. 20, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting. I said the following:

A Better Plan for Carson City

Now is the time for courage in leadership as we seek to secure financing and determine the timing of projects through a cooperative effort which will bring together the community, city staff and elected officials.

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s hard fall from its peak seems to be over. The ugly years of shuttered businesses, massive layoffs and relentless cuts in education and government services are, for the most part, past.

But if this is the tenor of the state’s recovery, it will be a long and slow slog toward economic health, an improved education system and a government that doesn’t struggle to take care of the state’s neediest.

The Carson City School District is a finalist for millions of dollars in federal money through the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top program. Grants range from $5 million to $40 million.
Superintendent Richard Stokes said he learned the district was a finalist on Monday. There were 61 applications for the money.

As a matter of law, the Nevada state constitution requires a balanced budget. As a matter of economic law and history, raising taxes will never balance a budget. It never has and never will. If a budget cannot be balanced without tax increases, it will never be balanced afterwards. The reason is simple, raising taxes decreases tax revenues and strangles growth. Many Nevada taxpayers believe that our legislators seek to redistribute our tax dollars to buy votes or political power rather than serve the public good.

Including a nearly $3,000 salary cut for himself and plans to lay off about 30 employees, Superintendent Richard Stokes outlined the initial budget proposal during Tuesday's school board meeting to fill an anticipated $5.5 million shortfall.

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In another round of layoffs in less than a month, 48 salaried and hourly employees were let go from the Chromalloy plant in Carson City, the company confirmed Wednesday. About 100 employees were laid off in late August.

Despite an imminent fiscal 'Pearl Harbor,' Carson's supervisors recently voted a net increase in already-generous fire department compensation by $587,000 over the next five years. Almost in the next breath, the supervisors commented that unless the economy improves, there would need to be employee layoffs and service cuts.

CARSON CITY – A business margin tax initiative petition filed with the Secretary of State’s office won’t see signature gathering efforts start right away because a legal challenge to the proposal is expected, a teachers union official said today.

CARSON CITY – With education reform a top priority of Gov. Brian Sandoval, the new alignment of the state Board of Education – with four seats up for grabs on the November ballot – is taking on more importance than ever before.

One of the four seats, District 2 which mirrors the new Nevada 2^nd Congressional District from Reno and Carson City east across rural Nevada, has attracted five candidates, two of whom are serving now on the 10-member elected board. The race is nonpartisan.