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Nevada Democrats are riding high after this past legislative session. They expanded mail-in voting, banned ghost guns, and decriminalized minor traffic violations. They also passed Assembly Bill 495, a new tax on the state’s gold and silver mines. It’s a decades-long feat that Democratic leaders say came down to the 11th hour.  But Native Americans say they were left out of those discussions. “This is the one time, if ever, the tribes should be involved. It just did not happen,” said Brian Mason, a member of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.  Mason ex...

Native Americans say they were left out of negotiations that led to a new tax on gold and silver mining — and the revenue it generates — from their own ancestral lands.

Nevada lawmakers have successfully negotiated one of the largest mining tax increases in state history. The bill’s passage caps off a tumultuous session in

Proposal would funnel more dollars from Net Proceeds on Minerals tax to education and add a tax on gross revenue for mines that gross more than $20M.

Proposal would funnel more dollars from Net Proceeds on Minerals tax to education and add a tax on gross revenue for mines that gross more than $20M.