Nev. agencies submit $8.2B in budget requests
By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — Nevada state agencies submitted budget requests totaling $8.2 billion for the upcoming two-year cycle, $800 million more than the current spending level, administration officials said Friday.
The release of agency requests is one step in a complicated budget-building process and likely will not be reflected in the final executive budget that Gov. Brian Sandoval recommends to lawmakers early next year before the Legislature convenes in February.
The requests include 5 percent budget cuts that Sandoval asked agencies to prepare for in March. Without those, the total is $8.5 billion.
