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To hedge cuts, state ponders borrowing: Plan would help see state through June, but concerns swirl about its wisdom, legality; Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008; So long, balanced budget. Hello, deficit spending.
With new majority comes partisan conviviality: Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008; Democrats have taken control of the state Senate for the first time since 1991 and are poised to assume powerful committee chairmanships.
Krolicki’s strange strategy gets result: Announcing his possible indictment, he gets media to tell his side of story first; Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008; Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, looking somber in the old Supreme Court room, announced his pending indictment by a Clark County Grand Jury.
New spokesman to stay in Vegas, raising questions: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008; Gov. Jim Gibbons is taking a new tack in his sometimes strained relationship with the press: moving the main conduit between his administration and the media 450 miles to the south.
Facing shortfall, a split personality: Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008; There are broad-brush similarities between the big Detroit automakers and the state of Nevada.
State wants to keep closer eye on banks: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008; State officials want to step up their assessments of the soundness of banks, credit unions, trust companies and thrifts.
Sneak peek: Tough choices, little accord: Coming revenue battle reveals itself in cutback in rebate checks to poor; Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008; If the coming budget war plays out like Thursday’s Interim Finance Committee meeting, the next six months will be long, ugly and partisan.
Legislators, governor mum on budget cut discussions: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008; After a grueling day at the Interim Finance Committee, where legislators heard and approved some more painful cuts, they went over to meet with Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Psychiatric center growth plan raises eyebrows: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008; Plans for a $10 million expansion of a Las Vegas psychiatric center for children might have to be scrapped after federal officials raised questions about the project, state officials said Wednesday.
Turbulence on the state plane: Pilot says he got ax for blowing whistle on risky practices; Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008; Testimony by a former state pilot last week painted a disturbing portrait of the operation of the state’s jet, which flies elected officials and state workers on official business.