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A proposal by Regent Mark Alden for cutting the pay of university employees to deal with the education budget cuts mandated by the legislature will be discussed during the April 16 meeting of the Board of Regents.

CARSON CITY – If the idea that a $9.1 billion long-term unfunded liability in Nevada’s public employee pension plan is cause for concern, then a recent analysis by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research should really get the attention of state policy makers.

CARSON CITY – Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., today rejected the suggestion that he call on embattled U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., to resign because of an ongoing ethics investigation.

Nevada has borrowed a total of $331 million to pay for unemployment benefits as of March 31, according to Cynthia Jones, administrator of Nevada’s Employment Security Division. The loans have been taken out in order to deal with the swelling numbers of unemployed Nevadans during the current financial crisis.

The federal Bureau of Economic Analysis offers a bleak picture on Nevada's general economic condition. The BOE reports that Nevada workers suffered an average income decline in 2009 that was the worst of any state in the country. Workers' earnings in Nevada fell by 7.6 percen., Rents, interest and dividends fell by 9.3 percent. And payments from government for unemployment and other safety net programs rose by nearly 20 percent.

Unemployment in the Reno-Sparks area in February was unchanged at 13.4 percent according the state Department of Employment and Training. According to state figures, six hundred people found work during the month. The unemployment rate in Carson City inched down .1% percent to 13.7% in February. One indicator of outward migration from western Nevada to points east, the unemployment rate in Elko rose 0.2 percent to 8.3 percent in February as jobseekers continue to arrive in eastern Nevada hoping to find work in the mining industry.

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Congressman Dean Heller, firmly standing with his party and the health insurance industry, rejected a Democratic-led plan to provide affordable health care for Northern Nevadans.

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s political leaders have emphasized repeatedly in recent months that the state faces a huge funding shortfall in 2011, perhaps as much as a $3 billion hole that will make the r

With the 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.

Carson City is looking at laying off up to 30 employees due to a budget shortfall caused by lower-than-expected sales tax revenues, according to a story by the Nevada Appeal.

Carson Now has learned that Sheriff Kenny Furlong met with his employees and indicated that 10 sworn officers and 16 civilian employees were facing layoffs. The sheriff and fire departments make up almost half of the city's budget.

Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki announced this afternoon he is not running for the U.S. Senate.

They think it would be a prime tourist spot? This proves how little they even go out to NSP. There is a water reclamation facility across the street from the prison.

Despite rising unemployment and a colder, wetter winter nationwide, Nevada’s gasoline prices are still higher than the national average, and in fact are the 6th highest in the country.

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CARSON CITY – An annual financial report released today by state Controller Kim Wallin examining the 2009 fiscal year that ended June 30 details just how difficult the national recession has been o

If there are no ability to adjust revenue, then layoffs, furloughs, salary reductions or some combination thereof will have to be in the mix to address the state budget shortfall.

State workers are not just numbers to be “adjusted.” They have families to feed, mortgages to pay, etc. just like the private sector.

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

State employment office officials report that Nevada’s jobless rate rose nearly a full point in December, from 12.3% in November to 13.1% in December.

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State employment experts say more and more Nevada residents are not finding work in their home state, and so many are leaving.

More than 6,000 Nevadans who have exhausted their unemployment benefits can expect to receive their first payment of the recently passed TIER III extension by Saturday afternoon, December 12th.
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While Nevada’s gaming giants turn to overseas markets for expansion, many Nevada families are having to turn to federal bankruptcy courts just to survive…

As the recession wears on, it “wears out” a lot of folks who either don’t qualify for unemployment or have simply fallen by the wayside, especially in terms of food.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment likely will remain high for the n

Letters to the Editor 11/12Staff Writer

Unemployment Rises Above 10 PercentBy Don Lee and Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Tim

Another Opinion: Nevada should take hope that the economy is improvingFrom the La

Jobless benefits extended By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com

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