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"There may be some questions at the end, but I think those questions will be answered at a later date."
- State Senator Scott Hammond, Co-Minority Whip says that the Legislative session will end on time with any legal challenges resolved later. - Friday, May 31, 2019.
"I won’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen.
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- Assemblyman Steve Yeager, Speaker pro Tempore regarding marijuana being rescheduled by the federal government so casinos could warm up to consumption lounges. - Thursday, May 30, 2019.
"A legislative session is not time enough.
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- Joe Guild, Attorney points out with the complexity of Nevada’s water laws and all the emotion surrounding them, one session is not enough to resolve these complicated issues. - Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
"They have been open to the dialogue.
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- Lindsay Knox, Policy Director, McDonald Carano Wilson says that access to the Democratic majority has been available whether they have gone in the direction lobbyists wanted or not. - Tuesday, May 28, 2019.
"It was almost everyday we had a Presidential rally.
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- Colton Lochhead, Political Reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal looking back at the last Presidential general election and wondering why Nevada would count at all if the result were based on the popular vote rather than the Electoral College. - Friday, May 24, 2019.
"Arbitrarily, someone throws in 1,500 feet, without giving any thought to the practical applications for the existing operators."
- Bob Groesbeck, Co-CEO, Planet 13 which is the largest marijuana dispensary in the USA. He says he was fine with the original distance restrictions that go up to 1000 feet for parks, churches and schools but he’s balking at 1500 feet. - Thursday, May 23, 2019.
"So far, the only thing they've asked the Republicans to do is to violate the Constitution."
- State Senator James Settelmeyer, District 17 referring to the Democrats who need one Republican vote in the Senate to pass the extensions of two taxes by majority vote. Settlemeyer is threatening legal action because the extensions, according to him, require a two thirds vote. He also feels comfortable that the Democrats will not get that Republican vote. - Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
"So three people make a tax decision for the entire county.
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- Andy Peterson, Vice President, Retail Association of Nevada looking at the possibility that a small Nevada County Commission could vote a sales tax increase with the enabling legislation proposed towards the teachers promised 3% raises, without a vote of the people.
- Tuesday, May 21, 2019.
"Oh, absolutely."
- Senator Yvanna Cancela, Senate Co-Majority Whip describing the cost of prescription drugs, both patented and generic, as price gouging, on the part of manufacturers. - Friday, May 17, 2019.
"We know that we don't need two-thirds for the vote.
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- Senator Nicole J. Cannizzaro, Senate Majority Leader boldly stating that she is relying on the LCB’s ruling that you don’t need to meet the 2/3rd’s threshold vote on taxes that were meant to sunset while very aware of Senator Settelmeyer’s threat to bring legal action over it. - Thursday, May 16, 2019.
"We like fuel taxes.
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- Paul Enos, CEO Nevada Trucking Association says the industry is in favor of fuel taxes to pay for infrastructure and infrastructure is one of the things the Federal government does well. - Wednesday, May 15, 2019.
"The bottom line is Nevada doesn’t want everybody else’s garbage.
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- Bruce Breslow, Nevada Strategies was the former Executive Director of the Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects and he says there was never as much as a dime proposed for Nevada to accept the nations nuclear waste despite many arguments to the contrary.
- Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
"You may be able to get a tax increase in the Assembly but getting it through the Senate would be very difficult."
- Danny Thompson, Former Executive Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO who prescient in his comment on Tuesday.
By Thursday, with the Legislative Council Bureau giving the opinion that there was no need for a 2/3rds majority to extend taxes there was an immediate threat of legal action from the Senate Minority Leader James Settlemeyer.
- Friday, May 10, 2019.
"I think of them like bars.
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- Senator Melanie Scheible, Senate District 9 referring to the recently licensed marijuana lounges in the city of Las Vegas. She says if alcohol is legal and can be served to a bunch of people in a bar, what’s the difference with marijuana? - Friday, May 10, 2019.
"If there are not any additional increases in revenues, it is going to be a challenge for our rural school districts to continue to be able to pay their teachers and provide programs."
- Ruben Murillo, President, Nevada State Education Association says that the plan presented to him is only funded for the first year of the biennium and the school districts, including Clark and Washoe will be on the hook for the teachers raises the second year. - Thursday, May 9, 2019.
"They’ll probably need to call Mike Wilden again, to get his expertise on this.
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- Chase Whittemore, Argentum Partners says that in Legislative days left there is still an Olympic marathon going on and the Governor will ensure that he gets his teachers raises paid for by the end of session. - Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
