My old friend Chuck Muth called me a hypocrite in his Internet blog today, getting a few things wrong (such as that the final budget is larger than the one Governor Gibbons first submitted) while contending it is hypocritical for me to both introduce a TASC amendment and vote for the budget during the 2007 […]

The “Economic Forum” meets next Wednesday to determine how much tax revenue the Nevada Legislature will be able to plan to spend over the next two-year biennium. The bigger that number, the more pork will be doled out. Some lawmakers are deeply concerned, fearing that the Forum’s forecast could be even lower than we’ve […]

The Office of Consumer Health Assistance requested to hire a new employee to handle an increasing number of spanish speaking clients. The Governor recommended that they fill their next vacant position with a bilingual employee because the agency’s overall workload does not warrant an increased position.
OCHA is forecasting 4,743 consumer cases in Fiscal 09, the […]

We heard in the Finance Committee this morning that Nevada’s tax revenue projections are changing.

 
FY2008
FY2009

November Forecast
$3.353-Bill
$3.586-Bill

Today’s Forecast
$3.341-Bill
$3.567-Bill

With today’s forecast change, Nevada’s tax revenue is forecast to go up 5.2% in the first year of the biennium and 6.8% in the second year of the biennium.Between the multiplier of the DSA (K-12 funding) and the many […]

Assemblyman Lynn Stewart, a Henderson Republican freshman, has landed quite a coup.
Here are the details.

Here is an online version of the glossy brochure that’s handed out here.

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/lcb/research/Guide/Guide2007.pdf

John Ensign addressed the legislature tonight. He was also very, very good.
Timing was about the same - just a smidge over 20 minutes. While Harry told interesting stories of his time in the Nevada legislature, John spoke a little more about policy issues.
One that I hadn’t thought much about was his point that most nations […]