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Gov. Jim Gibbons is considering calling a special session of the Legislature to repeal at least a portion of a pending 4 percent raise for state workers, university employees and teachers.

Soon-to-be-released tax revenue numbers for March probably will determine if such a move is necessary.

"We're waiting for those quarterly numbers to come in," said Ben Kieckhefer, Gibbons' press secretary. "But we're not ruling anything out, including a special session."

MONDAY

KROLICKI IN CHARGE

Gov. Jim Gibbons traveled to Iraq, where he met with Nevadans on duty there and was briefed by U.S. military officials.

Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki confirmed that he took over as acting governor on Sunday and was to remain in that role until Gibbons returned later in the week.

TUESDAY

HOTEL ROOM TAXES

Voters in November may be asked whether they want the Legislature to increase hotel room taxes to alleviate the state's budget woes and help schools, but the big casino companies remain sharply divided about the proposal.

The state teachers union agreed not to go forward with a ballot initiative to raise gaming taxes in exchange for three major gaming companies' support for raising the room tax.

WEDNESDAY

DECLINING HOME PRICES

The country's second-largest mortgage insurer said home prices in Las Vegas have a 91 percent chance of declining in the next two years.

That's up from the 89 percent California-based PMI pegged in its Winter 2008 Risk Index from January.

THURSDAY

TERM LIMITS DECISION

Secretary of State Ross Miller challenged the candidacies of longtime Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury and five other officials Miller says they may not run for re-election this year under Nevada's term limits amendment.

Miller contends the officials' 12 years of service have expired under term limits passed by voters in 1996.

FRIDAY

PARK POLICE BACKTRACK

Almost 90 parks in Clark County would have gone unwatched by park police during the busy Memorial Day weekend in a plan that would have concentrated the patrols at only two park sites.

Las Vegas police, who did not agree to the plan, would have been left to handle all calls at the bulk of county parks. The plan came just days after county Parks Director Leonard Cash told county commissioners that his officers were being stretched too thin.

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