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Tax battles expected to dominate Nevada Legislature in 2021
By SAM METZJanuary 30, 2021 GMT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Nevada lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene on Monday for a four-month legislative session, in which they hope to tackle issues sparked by the coronavirus pandemic none more urgent than balancing the state’s budget.
The pandemic’s devastating effect on the economy means lawmakers have less funding to divvy up. It’s left them only undesirable options: They raise taxes, make cuts or bank on a sooner-than-expected recovery yielding more tax revenue than projected.
Democrats enter the session with majorities in both legislative chambers despite losing seats in both in November.
by Nathalie Graham • Jan 25, 2021 at 10:49 am
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR GREENER?!? RAPIDEYE/GETTYIMAGES.COM
It s going to be hugely embarrassing for Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington state as a whole if the
Democrat-controlled Legislature doesn t get its act together and pass a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS), otherwise known as a clean fuels bill, for the fourth year in a row.
California passed its version of a clean fuels bill back in 2007, British Columbia followed in 2008, and Oregon passed one in 2015. So far, in all of the policy s iterations in Washington, the bill hasn t even made it to the Senate floor. Even after passing the House twice, the LCFS has pretty much been DOA once it reached the Senate Transportation Committee.