Displaying: 1457 to 1472 of 3754
"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.
"
- 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.
"
- 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.
"Most of the time, with the Economic Forum, we find that we’ve over projected."
- Mike Draper, Partner, Argentum Partners who correctly forecasts that the monies available would not match the Governor’s desire’s for the state budget.
- Friday, May 3, 2019.
"A 35% increase over ten years.
"
- Assemblyman Steve Yeager, District 9 says that that is the increase in the prison population of people suffering from mental health issues. It is one of the major issue he’s addressing in his criminal justice reform legislation.
- Thursday, May 2, 2019.
"There’s really two groups of Legislators, those that are really focused on doing the job and serving their constituents and those that are focused on doing the next job."
- Assemblywoman Jill Tolles, Nevada District 25 feels that people in the second category are in danger of corrupting the way they make decisions based on that notion. Tolles is concentrating on the job at hand.
- Wednesday, May 1, 2019.
"What we hear from the Superintendents is where are those dollars going to come from?
"
- Dr. Jeffrey Geihs, Nevada Association of School Administrators President is approving of the Governors intent to give school teachers raises but he raises the issue of where will the Legislature find the money to fund those raises. - Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
"Recreational access really has done more for medicinal use than any medical program ever could have, I believe."
- Andrew Koetting, General Manager, Sierra Well Marijuana Dispensary, Reno who says that some people who could have signed up for medicinal cards never did but now feel empowered to try marijuana for the medicinal benefits. - Friday, April 26, 2019.
"We can’t get out there too far on every idea that comes forward."
- State Senator Mo Denis, Clark District 2 talking about striking a balance between things that can be done in the short term versus other things that will take time to accomplish. - Thursday, April 25, 2019.
"I think that is what you’re seeing."
- Sean McGuinness, Partner, Butler Snow feels that the Legislature is listening to Democratic Leaders and the Governor to not move too far to the left in this session. - Wednesday, April 24, 2019.
"One of those sources (of funding) is to re-invest from savings that can be accomplished in reforms of the criminal justice system"
- Justice James Hardesty, Nevada Supreme Court who says that the State could save 650 million dollars over the next decade by criminal justice reforms he’s promoting. He says the savings could be better used for teacher's pay and mental health issues. - Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
"This is the beginning of act two now.
"
- Mike Hillerby, Director of Legislative Affairs, Kaempfer Crowell Renshaw says the action at the Legislature will pick up again in two weeks when the Economic Forum lets Legislators know how much money they have to spend. - Friday, April 19, 2019.
"I was a little disappointed about that myself.
"
- Justice James Hardesty, Nevada Supreme Court regarding the lack of newspaper coverage of the death of former Supreme Court Justice Charles Springer who died recently at age 90, one day short of his 91st birthday. He served 18 years on the Nevada Supreme Court, including tumultuous times on the court, in the 1990’s. Former Supreme Court Justice Noel Manoukian also died recently, with no newspaper coverage. - Thursday, April 18, 2019.
"No, we are not in the clear.
"
- Lance Gilman, Owner Mustang Ranch Brothel who says despite Senator Hardy’s bill banning prostitution failing to meet a legislative deadline of approval last week, it could still come back from the dead before end of session. - Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
"When things got the way Harry wanted them, they went, whether he was in the minority or the majority."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2 speaking to the unbridled power US Senator Harry Reid had, especially regarding public lands bills in Nevada, during his time in the US Senate. - Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
