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Special Session ends; lawmakers vow to reform tax system in 2011 - Ely Daily Times
CARSON CITY -- They'll be back, Nevada's lawmakers ... the gaming industry refused to go along with a Democratic proposal to raise $32 million in new revenue by making casinos pay for Gaming Control Board regulation. Gibbons said he would veto any ...
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Unemployment rises to 13.5% in Washoe County - Reno Gazette
Across the greater Reno-Sparks area, the retail sector shed an estimated 900 jobs since December with another 400 losses in the casino-hotel industry ... was unchanged from December at 13 percent, and in Carson City, the rate rose by a point to 13.8 ...
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Special Session ends; lawmakers vow to reform tax system in 2011 (Ely Times)
CARSON CITY -- They'll be back, Nevada's lawmakers. And next time, taxes will be on the table.
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Nevada Resort Association president to become MGM board member - Las Vegas Review Journal
The nomination comes more than a week after Bible, one of the gaming industry's top lobbyists, participated in the special legislative session in Carson City and played a role in the debate over a potential fee increase to be imposed on the gaming ...
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Commissioner/lobbyist faces conflicts (Las Vegas CityLife)
CARSON CITY -- First, it must be said, Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins hasn't done anything illegal.
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General quarters, Nevada! (Las Vegas CityLife)
CARSON CITY -- Think of Nevada as a sailing ship. Unusually rough winds blew her into the reefs surrounding a volcanic atoll, a thousand miles from any inhabited place. The hull was breached, and she starting to list badly. But thanks to the resourcefulness and ingenuity of her crew, a repair was effected, and she's not taking on water anymore.
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Gov. Gibbons signs four bills from special session; others to be - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed four of 11 bills passed by state ... But agency officials and some users who paid into the fund — mainly big casino companies that were billed the most — say they are reviewing that provision and ...
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Editorial: There are no simple solutions to Nevada's revenue problems - Reno Gazette
By the time the legislators return to Carson City in February, we'll have a better idea ... recession, reducing gaming taxes and a large portion of sales taxes, which were paid by visitors in casino restaurants and bars. (2 of 2) The system cannot ...
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Bible to Resign from Nevada Resort Association - KOLO TV Reno
Bible was a key player during the recent special legislative session in Carson City. Resort Association members fended off an attempt by lawmakers to collect $32 million in new fees from the casino industry to fund regulatory operations.
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