Ben Margiott
Reporter and Weekend Anchor at KRNV-TV (Reno, NV)
Reporter @KRNV in Reno. @Cronkite_ASU Grad. Married to @kenzie_bales. Subscribe to my pod Ballot Battleground: Nevada. Story ideas/tips? [email protected]
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3 days ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The city of Sparks will be freezing positions, laying off some employees and will do strategic fire station 'brownouts' as cost-cutting measures to address an $18 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. In a council meeting Monday, councilmembers voted to move forward with increasing Waste Management franchise fees as a way to increase additional revenue and limit the cuts slightly.
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3 days ago |
foxreno.com | Ben Margiott
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The city of Sparks will be freezing positions, laying off some employees and will do strategic fire station 'brownouts' as cost-cutting measures to address an $18 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. In a council meeting Monday, councilmembers voted to move forward with increasing Waste Management franchise fees as a way to increase additional revenue and limit the cuts slightly.
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1 week ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Reno city council members voted to approve $61 million in public tax incentives Wednesday for the Grand Sierra Resort's major arena and redevelopment project. After hearing over three hours of mostly supportive public comments and more than an hour of questions and debate, council members voted 5 to 2 to move forward with a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement with GSR. Councilmembers Kathleen Taylor and Meghan Ebert voted no.
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1 week ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — City tax incentives for the GSR's major arena and redevelopment project are up for discussion and a possible final vote by Reno City Council members during a key meeting of the Reno Redevelopment Agency Board set for Wednesday. Council members are expected to consider and possibly decide whether to approve up to $68.1 million in tax-increment financing, a public funding mechanism, to help the GSR's $1 billion project pencil out financially.
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1 week ago |
foxreno.com | Ben Margiott
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — City tax incentives for the GSR's major arena and redevelopment project are up for discussion and a possible final vote by Reno City Council members during a key meeting of the Reno Redevelopment Agency Board set for Wednesday. Council members are expected to consider and possibly decide whether to approve up to $68.1 million in tax-increment financing, a public funding mechanism, to help the GSR's $1 billion project pencil out financially.
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