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Unemployment rises to 13.5% in Washoe County - Reno Gazette
Across the greater Reno-Sparks area, the retail sector shed an estimated 900 jobs since December with another 400 losses in the casino-hotel industry ... was unchanged from December at 13 percent, and in Carson City, the rate rose by a point to 13.8 ...
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Editorial: There are no simple solutions to Nevada's revenue problems - Reno Gazette
By the time the legislators return to Carson City in February, we'll have a better idea ... recession, reducing gaming taxes and a large portion of sales taxes, which were paid by visitors in casino restaurants and bars. (2 of 2) The system cannot ...
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Largest casino in Ala. reopens; judge blocks raid (MalaysiaNews.net)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama's largest casino reopened Friday, shortly after a judge ruled that the governor's anti-gambling task force could not raid the gambling hall or seize any of its 6,400 elect...
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Nev. gov. signs 4 of 11 bills from special session (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
CARSON CITY, Nev. - Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed four of 11 bills passed by state lawmakers during last week's special session, but major bills dealing with education reform and the state budget won't be considered until next week, a top aide said Friday. Since the Legislature adjourned early March 1 and is no longer in session, the governor has 10 days from when bills were delivered to his ...
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Gibbons signs 4 of 11 bills from special session (Daily Sparks Tribune)
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed four of 11 bills passed by state lawmakers during last week's special session, but major bills dealing with education reform and the state budget won't be considered until next week, a top aide said Friday.
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Greg Mortenson: Author, humanitarian champions Carson library (Nevada Appeal)
Of the estimated 1,200 shows Greg Mortenson has given across the country, he had never done one in a casino before his presentation Tuesday at the Carson Nugget. "To me it doesn't matter if it's a church or a casino or a military base," he said. "If you're promoting literacy or literature, I'm happy to do it." Mortenson, co-author of the best-selling "Three Cups of Tea" and author of "Stones ...
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Andrus files for Assembly (Elko Daily Free Press)
ELKO — Dale Andrus of Spring Creek filed in Carson City Friday morning to run as a Republican for the Nevada Legislature seat now held by Assemblyman John Carpenter, R-Elko, who is termed out.
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General quarters, Nevada! (Las Vegas CityLife)
CARSON CITY -- Think of Nevada as a sailing ship. Unusually rough winds blew her into the reefs surrounding a volcanic atoll, a thousand miles from any inhabited place. The hull was breached, and she starting to list badly. But thanks to the resourcefulness and ingenuity of her crew, a repair was effected, and she's not taking on water anymore.
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