Nevada treasurer rewrites state budget
By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Putting together a budget for the state of Nevada isn’t so easy after all.
State Treasurer Dan Schwartz, who proposed to the Legislature a spending plan to rival fellow Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget, said he’s rewriting it because Nevada can’t raise $540 million as he’d like from a proposed $5-per-passenger airport fee. That’s because those fees are controlled by the federal government and prohibited by states.
“It doesn’t work,” said Schwartz, a conservative who’s working with state Controller Ron Knecht on his budget plan.
Schwartz was scheduled to present his proposed alternative budget to the Senate Finance Committee today.