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In the room tax is on the line to pay for 750Million Dollars worth of the nfl stadium. And 1. 4 billion dollars to expand the convention center. Casino execs made the pitch today. Asking lawmakers to pass it. But lawmakers didnt get the bill until yesterday. And they are asking a lot of questions. The big takeaway today from the senate. At this point. There are still a lot of reservations. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas i want to make sure that again, theyre good jobs, its got a good wage, t economy, so that were not falling victim to tourism again. St. Sen. Aaron ford d las vegas i mean...

Declared a major disaster in north carolina, where hundreds are trapped by floodwaters from hurricane matthew. The storm killed at least 25 people in the southeast, nearly half in north carolina. More than a million homes and businesses in the south are without power, and some rivers are rising to record levels. Floodwaters topped a levee in lumberton, north carolina, and Mark Strassmann is there. Reporter all day on Martin Luther king drive we got you, sir. At least five states pulled out lumbertons stranded residents. You all right . Yeah. Reporter the mayor told us 1,000 people needed rescu...

Infrastructure committee, its addressing tourism as a whole, and as a question, and the more we delay, the more issues we have. Patrick Walker county Commission Chair steve sisolak. Who sat on the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure committee. Says the looming theat of terrorism is a reason hell push for the tax increase if its passed and sent back to the commission. Sheriff lombardo says hes also wanting more officers because of a 14 percent increase in Violent Crime over last year. Patrick Walker this is a onetenth of a percent increase in sales tax in clark county. Additional 31 Million ...

A busy day here in carson city. But not a lot of discussion about the Convention Center expansion. Its the more expensive half of Senate Bill One that has lawmakers debating. To build or not to build . The most contentious part of the special session. After day one. Is the debate in the state senate. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle showing concern over the stadium provision of senate bill 1 monday. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas i want to make sure that again, theyre good jobs, its got a good wage, and that its diversifying our economy, so that r again. St. Sen. Aaron ford d las v...

Flores . And were happy to. Oh now were going to recess. Sen. Kieckhefer it was asked for by senator ford. Well be back ia second. boos patrick walrsenate leadership m during that recess leading to a twohour extension of public comment. st. Sen. Ruben kihuen d n. Las vegas were happy that they got this opportunity to speak up, almost everybody who wanted to speak out in opposition had the opportunity to do so. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas we heard from a lot of people today that need jobs, that want to come home to work, and that want to able to prtheirfamilies and co been missed publi...