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Nevada legislators hear proposed budgets for new UNLV, DMV buildings

After years of keeping state buildings patched together on a shoestring budget, Gov. Brian Sandoval is proposing $234 million in projects involving everything from keeping the lights on and paving parking lots to moving forward with a new hotel college and Department of Motor Vehicles office in Las Vegas.

Nevada officials reveal plans to trim budget shortfall this year

Gov. Brian Sandoval has a plan to substantially reduce Nevada’s looming shortfall in its current budget by sweeping agency reserve accounts and trimming other expenditures, administration officials said Tuesday.

Legislative money committees to be briefed on budget

Members of the state’s legislative money committees will dip their toes in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed $7.3 billion budget proposal Tuesday.

Nevada’s big businesses waiting for Sandoval budget details

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.1 billion tax package to fund education and other state services caught some industry groups off guard, but representatives of the state’s largest business organizations say they are willing to await details before passing judgment.

Sandoval’s education improvement plans draw praise, concerns

Gov. Brian Sandoval’s ambitious plans to reform and improve Nevada’s public education system have much to like, but plenty to be concerned about as well for parents, lawmakers, teachers, the business community and school officials.

Sandoval seeks new business license fee to raise $430 million

Gov. Brian Sandoval is expected to seek a new business license fee based on gross receipts to raise about $430 million over two years to pay for his proposals to improve public education in Nevada, the Review-Journal has learned.

Shift to GOP control in Carson City could boost voter ID law

Laws requiring voter IDs and tightening up other election rules have been sweeping the county as more Republican governors and lawmakers win election and as civil rights leaders protest the changes they argue could disenfranchise thousands of voters.

Las Vegas forum draws more ideas for state Legislature

Southern Nevada business and government leaders took a last chance to bend the ears of state lawmakers Friday, joining incoming and outgoing legislators for a final issues forum before the start of the 2015 legislative session