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To the students of the University of Nevada, Reno:
The Nevada Sagebrush has decided to cancel Friday’s debate for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada candidates. We regret that voters will not have the opportunity to hear each of the candidates’ platforms in a debate format, as we feel that it [...]
Posted in ASUN, News
Jessica Fryman and Jay Balagna of the Capitol Bureau (we’ve been wishing we could put that under our bylines all week) here. After spending six 15-plus hour days at the legislative building in downtown Carson City, we are finally driving back to Reno (Jay’s driving, I’m typing). We made the fast food joints up the [...]
Tags: Budget Crisis, Special Session
Posted in Blogs
The University of Nevada, Reno will likely see the closure of more than a dozen degree programs, the elimination of a major college and the loss of about 75 faculty members by Fall 2011.
Tags: Board of Regents, CABNR, College of Education, NSHE, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session, UNR, budget cuts
Posted in Academics, Administration, Breaking News, Budget CP, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — A balanced budget passed in both houses (34-8 in the Assembly, 20-1 in the Senate) in the early morning hours today. The budget bill, A.B. 6, still needs the governor’s signature, but Gov. Jim Gibbons already committed to the plan in an announcement about the deal yesterday evening.
The bill is the culmination [...]
Tags: Millennium Scholarship, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session, UNR, assembly, senate
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — Although there will be “pain” for all Nevadans, a deal has finally been reached to solve what turned out to be an $805 million deficit, state leaders announced at 5:30 p.m. Gov. Jim Gibbons commits to sign the bill, which has enough support in both houses to pass.
The Assembly will vote tonight [...]
Tags: Barbara Buckley, Bill Raggio, Budget Crisis, Gov. Gibbons, Heidi Gansert, Nevada State Legislature, Steven Horsford
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — Lawmakers are expected to vote on a balanced budget today, which includes a 6.9 percent cut to higher education.
While higher education officials say they’re relieved by the new deal, there will still be an impact.
“Considering (the proposal) started out at 22 percent, this is fantastic,” University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick [...]
Tags: Dan Klaich, Milton Glick, NSHE, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session, budget cuts
Posted in Academics, Administration, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — The Millennium Scholarship fund could run out in 2015 if lawmakers can’t find a way to transfer more money into the account during the regular session, which starts in February.
Today, the Assembly passed the “sweeps bill”, A.B. 3, with all but one in favor, and moved it to the Senate. The Senate [...]
Tags: Millennium Scholarship, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session, budget cuts
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — When the Assembly took a straw vote to reduce cuts to higher education from 10 percent to 5, the vote split down party lines with Democrats in favor.
The discussion started while the Assembly waited for the account-sweeping bill to arrive from the Senate. The Assembly, convened as Committee on the Whole, also [...]
Tags: David Bobzien, Millennium Scholarship, NSHE, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session, budget cuts, higher education
Posted in Academics, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — The state’s executive budget director Andrew Clinger skipped over cuts to education when delivering the governor’s proposal to the Senate this afternoon, resulting in a brief squabble and laughs.
“Just 55 percent of the state budget, let’s skip that,” said Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Clark County, who was also obviously frustrated that the governor [...]
Tags: NSHE, Nevada State Legislature, Special Session, UNR, budget cuts, gov. Jim Gibons
Posted in Academics, Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News, News CP
CARSON CITY — In a short address to the Senate this morning, Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Clark County, asked the lawmakers to quickly work to solve the budget crisis this week.
Horsford said his daughter’s third birthday is March 1, and before he left for Carson City, she asked: “Daddy, will you be home for [...]
Tags: Carson City, Nevada State Legislature, Sen. Horsford, assembly, senate
Posted in Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News
CARSON CITY — While the majority of students at the legislative building today are from Las Vegas, some college students from Northern Nevada are also at the special session to testify before the Senate.
About 50 students from colleges in Southern Nevada took a bus up to Carson City to rally, testify and give legislators signed [...]
Tags: CSN, Nevada State Legislature, Nevada State Senate, Protest, UNLV, UNR, budget cuts
Posted in Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News
Some state leaders and education officials are suggesting that it could take multiple special sessions to balance the budget by June 30, despite “cautious optimism” a decision can be reached this week.
Tags: Barbara Buckley, David Bobzien, Eric Herzik, Gov. Jim Gibbons, Milton Glick, Nevada State Legislature, Reno, Special Session, UNR, University of Nevada, budget, budget cuts, legislature
Posted in Budget Crisis, News, News CP
Although hundreds of community members begged legislators Saturday to preserve various state-funded entities, few people provided suggestions. The lawmakers, who have close to no options for increasing revenue to fill the $881 million budget hole, held the town hall at the Reno City Council Chambers in hopes of finding help.
Posted in Breaking News, Budget Crisis, News
Well, we’re back in the swing of things here at The Nevada Sagebrush, and as usual, the newsroom is buzzing with breaking campus news and reporters scurrying to cover it. But not everything is just where we left off. There are quite a new faces this semester (and some old ones that you may not [...]
Posted in Blogs
The University of Nevada School of Medicine could receive a teaching hospital if a recent proposal comes to fruition. Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid announced his plans Wednesday to transform University Medical Center in Las Vegas into an academic hospital for the state.
“Ultimately this could be the thing that transforms higher ed in the [...]
Tags: Academic Hospital, Lindsay Roberts, Nevada School of Medicine, Rory Reid
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A diverse panel of veteran political reporters and experts will discuss how Nevada politics are bound to make national headlines this year. “Election 2010: All Eyes on Nevada” will focus on the importance of the Nevada senate and gubernatorial races and how communication plays an intricate role in the political process.
Tags: Harry Reid, Nevada politics, Rory Reid, senator
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