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]
Articles
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1 week ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
CARSON CITY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — It is crunch time in Carson City — less than a week remains in the 83rd session of the Nevada legislature. Major policy proposals, big budget questions and the endgame are all still up in the air. Will education get a funding increase this year? Is there room for state workers to get raises? What about tax credits for movie companies? Will Governor Lombardo’s major pieces of legislation make it through and how many bills will he veto?
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2 weeks ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
CARSON CITY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A 160-unit apartment complex with mostly affordable units is now open in Carson City, with developers crediting a land donation and key federal funds for making the project pencil out financially. Sierra Flats, located at the intersection of Butti Way and Airport Road, has 144 affordable units and 16 market-rate units among the 4 buildings, 2 of which are already open and full.
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2 weeks ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
Initially pitched as a 5,000-home master-planned community, developer Heinz Ranch LLC pivoted in recent years, citing economic conditions, and altered the project drastically. The amended project contains 1,350 residential units and 11.75 million square feet of land for industrial uses, a twelvefold increase from the first plan.
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3 weeks ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
Dalia, a Democrat representing a district in Clark County, told News 4-Fox 11 he was not comfortable the measure would get support in the Senate. He also referenced Governor Joe Lombardo's promise to veto the measure as one of the reasons the effort has fizzled out. "Our goal from day one was to bring a bipartisan bill that got through both houses in a position where the governor would be comfortable signing it.
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3 weeks ago |
mynews4.com | Ben Margiott
RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Flashy renderings, big announcements and crickets. While some major projects in Reno's core have come to fruition in recent years, that's been the path for several other major redevelopment efforts. What causes huge projects to fizzle out? Is it simply the nature of economic cycles or is there something about Reno that makes it harder for grandiose projects to come to fruition?
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