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Storey County prepares to block possible tax grab in 2025 Legislature
News - April 10, 2024

"We're hearing that this plan would take perhaps up to 80 percent of all future tax revenues to the county from companies that receive state-level abatements." Kris Thompson, project manager for the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center

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Sparks mayor, seeking federal land for development, fears his city may turn into a 'San Francisco'
News - February 21, 2024

"I never did like going to San Francisco. I still don't. The traffic's horrible. The people are not as friendly. I mean, it's just not the lifestyle that I want to live in. I don't think that many of our Sparks residents want to live that life, either." Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson

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News - February 20, 2024

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The new normal: Nevada casinos produce 34 consecutive months of $1 billion in gaming win
News - February 18, 2024

"Yes, it is the new normal. You know, 34 months in a row is quite a streak. In the last 12 months, or the calendar year 2023, we averaged $1.3 billion (a month) in gaming win. So if we were going to all-of-a-sudden miss $1 billion, we'd have to fall off by 23 percent." Mike Lawton, Gaming Control Board

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Clark Commission chairman threatens to halt Formula One race, questions if it does more harm than good for county
News - January 30, 2024

"So it's there's lots of issues that we need to talk about and lots of negatives that we need to address and then evaluate whether it's better for the county or not." Clark County Chairman Tick Segerblom, speaking about Las Vegas' Formula One race.

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'I miss Harry Reid,' Republican Rep. Amodei says, as land-transfer bills for Northern Nevada languish in Congress
News - January 29, 2024

"I'll say this on your show, I miss Harry Reid ... when stuff got the way Harry wanted it, it happened." U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City

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Special report: Las Vegas re-invents itself as 'Sports Capital of the World'
News - November 13, 2023

"What Vegas brings to professional sports right now is pretty obvious to all these leagues." Steve Hill, CEO and chairman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority,

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New airport for Las Vegas no longer just a dream, Aviation Director Vassiliadis says
News - November 10, 2023

"It's going to be just a wonderful addition and needed addition to the economic viability of Southern Nevada." Rosemary Vassiliadis, Clark County's director of aviation

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Gov. Lombardo seeks to stop possible Democratic super-majorities in 2025 Legislature
News - November 6, 2023

"So we need to prevent that for the people of the state of Nevada, not for me personally. The last thing I want to do is be non-relevant through a legislative session, meaning that if I don't agree with some legislation, I can simply veto it and then it will be put back to the vote of the Legislature and they will just re-affirm the vote, their support of it." Gov. Joe Lombardo, speaking about a veto-proof Legislature if Democrats grab super-majorities in both houses of the 2025 session.

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Donny Gilman completes sale of 4 square miles at TRI to international data-center development company
News - October 15, 2023

The deal includes 1,100 acre-feet of water rights and NV Energy has agreed to supply the Tract properties with two gigawatts of power, which is a massive amount since one gigawatt is enough to supply 750,000 homes.

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