You may recall, during Nevada’s Legislative Session last year, two bills were passed that extended taxes that were scheduled to sunset. What makes these two bills unique is that they both were unlawfully passed. The Nevada Constitution requires a two-third supermajority of both houses to pass any tax increase. While Democrats had a supermajority in the Assembly, they were one … [Read more...] about A Win for Taxpayers
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Democrats & Legislative Council Bureau Running AmokIgnore the Will of the People
In September of last year, Nevada State Senator Heidi Gansert was a guest columnist with Nevada Business Magazine. She explained how, in the last session, Democrats ignored the two-thirds supermajority constitutional requirement to pass two bills: SB 551 and SB 542. The first, SB 551 prevented the Modified Business Tax (MBT) from sunsetting as scheduled and made the higher rate … [Read more...] about Democrats & Legislative Council Bureau Running Amok