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David Bobzien

State workers, retirees to see higher health insurance premiums - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    CARSON CITY - Active and retired state workers will see a 5 percent increase in the cost of their health insurance. The state Public Employees Benefit Board decided Wednesday to save $23 million over the next fiscal year by reducing the state subsidy to health insurance premiums.
David Bobzien

Shaping Nevada's Future: What the State Can Do to Invest in College Access and Success ... - 0 views

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    The report, Shaping Nevada's Future: What the State Can Do to Invest in College Access and Success, reveals an investment in Nevada's higher education can lead to significant economic benefits for the state and its residents. The report uses a variety of existing data sources-along with interviews with state and local policymakers, K-12 and higher education officials, students, and citizens of Nevada-to explore the barriers that Nevada students face in their pursuit of postsecondary education. The study shows that many students-particularly those from low-income families and minority groups-are finding it difficult to gain access to and succeed in college.
David Bobzien

ReviewJournal.com - News - POSSIBLE $1 MILLION SAVINGS: State-mandated exam might get ax - 0 views

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    There might be a silver lining in the economic crisis, at least for students tired of taking tests. State Superintendent Keith Rheault is proposing eliminating a state-mandated exam as a way of cutting $1 million from the state budget.
David Bobzien

Unceasing recession spurs more tax talk - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Carson City - Nevada businesses are facing a possible doubling of the unemployment tax they pay the state to keep benefits flowing to laid-off workers. The tax increase on employers would help Nevada avoid paying a hefty interest rate on a $1 billion loan the state plans to ask from Washington to fund the unemployment benefits pool, which is being drained in the recession because of record unemployment in Nevada. The alternative: keep the unemployment tax rate low because businesses are struggling in the recession, hope the economy turns around and fewer people look for unemployment benefits, and pay the federal loan back with interest when the state can better afford it.
David Bobzien

State senator seeks to boost counties' power - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    State Sen. Terry Care believes running Clark County is no longer part-time work.\n\nThe region's growth has brought a bigger bureaucracy to oversee and issues too complex to be dealt with by a part-time County Commission, Care says.\n\nThe Las Vegas Democrat will introduce a pair of bills during the 2009 legislative session to make commission seats in Nevada's most populous counties full-time positions and to give commissioners more say over taxes.
David Bobzien

To hedge cuts, state ponders borrowing - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Carson City - So long, balanced budget. Hello, deficit spending. Legislators and Gov. Jim Gibbons announced on Tuesday a tentative agreement to bridge the state's $300 million budget shortfall by making $150 million in cuts and - to spare agencies even deeper cuts - borrowing $150 million from a local government investment account. If the plan is approved by the Legislature during a special session set for Dec. 8, it would be the first time since at least the Great Depression that Nevada has balanced its budget by borrowing money, according to state government observers.
David Bobzien

ReviewJournal.com - News - BUDGET SHORTFALL: Gibbons: Deal reached - 0 views

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    CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons said Friday he has reached an agreement with legislative leaders on a bipartisan plan to handle state government's $341.7 million budget deficit without laying off workers or cutting essential services. "This will have a minimal impact on state services," Gibbons said about their plan designed to balance the budget in the fiscal year that ends June 30.
David Bobzien

STATE SPENDING: Legislators say state budget can't be cut further - News - ReviewJourna... - 0 views

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    Legislative leaders emerged from a closed-door meeting with Gov. Jim Gibbons on Wednesday to insist that nothing more can be cut from the state budget, though a shortfall of $2.4 billion could prompt them to increase taxes when the Legislature next goes into session in 2011.
David Bobzien

Nevada needs a superhero - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Carson City - Legislators have embarked on an ambitious endeavor - find someone who can figure out how to save Nevada. Lawmakers have issued a request for a consultant who will analyze the state's tax structure, measure the public's willingness to accept a broader tax base and examine the balance between local and state revenue. It's an exercise state leaders repeat every couple of decades and one that has rarely resulted in radical change in how Nevada raises tax revenue. But legislators insist this study will be different because the mission will go beyond the state's finances and include finding ways to improve Nevada's dismal rankings in quality-of-life measures such as health care, education, public safety and job creation.
David Bobzien

Carson City News | NevadaAppeal.com: Report: Nevada needs to invest in higher ed - 0 views

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    RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A new report predicts "disastrous" economic consequences unless Nevada invests more in higher education to train skilled workers and attract new businesses and industries. The report released this month by the Institute for Higher Education Policy said that in 2006, only 28 percent of Nevadans between the ages of 18 and 24 were enrolled in college, compared with 41 percent in top states.
David Bobzien

www.rgj.com | Lawmakers criticize Legends project for taking away state tax revenue - 0 views

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    Assemblywoman Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, and Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley chided Sparks city officials today for the Legends redevelopment project that they say has cost the state tax revenue.
David Bobzien

Horsford seeking education overhaul - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    State Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford will propose a sweeping overhaul of Nevada's education system this week, with reforms that offer a sharp critique of the state's education establishment.
David Bobzien

State giving up $500,000 per job in renewables - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Carson City - Nevada has handed out tax incentives worth an estimated $45 million to lure solar and geothermal projects to Nevada over the past four years. So far, the state has received in return promises that the projects' developers will create 89 permanent jobs. It's a number so small that some lawmakers are questioning whether taxpayers are getting a good return on their investment in the incentives.
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David Bobzien

Legislation would increase tax on alcohol, cigarettes - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Draw no conclusions, we're told, over this coincidence: St. Patrick's Day is also unofficially "Vice Tax" day at the Legislature. The Assembly Taxation Committee is scheduled to hear proposals that would dramatically raise taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Members of the media - including the Sun - have pointed out the Democratic leadership's refusal to acknowledge taxes will have to be raised to balance the state budget. But these sin taxes are considered the most politically palatable - the low hanging fruit.
David Bobzien

The problem with renewable energy in Nevada - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Washington - Years from now, when Nevadans wonder why their state and others abandoned coal plants in favor of renewable energy, they are likely to remember these days. Washington is moving aggressively if sometimes in unseen ways to remake the nation's energy landscape. Intricate pieces of legislation are unfolding on Capitol Hill that would radically alter the nation's energy policy, one bill at a time. The big-ticket items are well known: cap-and trade legislation, for example, which would put a price tag on carbon emissions; a bill requiring that more of the nation's energy come from renewable sources, as President Barack Obama promises.
David Bobzien

The state of our engine - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    Last year, Las Vegas gaming revenue fell to 2005 levels. No industry wants to go backward. But considering the stock market has plunged to 1997 levels and homes may take decades to return to their peak values of a couple of years ago, three years of gaming growth seems like a small hit in this economy.
David Bobzien

Those that pay Metro's bills - city, county - might get more say - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    The Sun reported last week on growing doubts among state and local politicians about the need for another quarter-cent sales tax increase sought by Metro Police to pay for more officers.
David Bobzien

A tax system by default, not by plan - Las Vegas Sun - 0 views

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    At first, Nevada expected little revenue from gaming. Here's how that changed over time. When Nevada legalized gaming in 1931, it was almost an afterthought. The modest levies on card games and slots would be the garnish. The main course through tough economic times, state leaders believed, would be looser divorce laws adopted during the same legislative session to lure unhappy spouses to spend time - and money - in Nevada. The gaming bill's author, freshman legislator Phil Tobin, couldn't know that 78 years later the quality of Nevada's schools, public safety and services to the poor would depend on how much tourists drop in the slot machines and bet at the tables.
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