Dana Gentry
Senior Reporter at Nevada Current
LV native. Twitter-challenged. Senior Reporter @NevadaCurrent, Opinions all mine. #vegasbaby https://t.co/MBkSOr3PYh?…
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1 week ago |
rgj.com | Dana Gentry
Dana GentryNevada CurrentState lawmakers are considering legislation that sets out a five-year plan to give pay raises to elected county officials, who haven’t had a raise since 2018. On Tuesday, Sen. Skip Daly (D-Sparks), who sponsored Senate Bill 116, told members of the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs that pay for county elected officers is set by statute.
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1 week ago |
nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry
State lawmakers are considering legislation that sets out a five-year plan to give pay raises to elected county officials, who haven’t had a raise since 2018. On Tuesday, Sen. Skip Daly (D-Sparks), who sponsored Senate Bill 116, told members of the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs that pay for county elected officers is set by statute.
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nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry
A legislative hearing on a bill intended to give homeowners some “wiggle room” and avoid the onerous fines imposed by homeowners’ associations exposed what state Sen. Dina Neal called “classism” on the part of HOA industry representatives and opponents. Senate Bill 121 would, among other things, afford cash-strapped new homeowners three years rather than 180 days to landscape their backyards. An HOA could require that owners put down a single layer of rocks after 18 months, to prevent blowing dust.
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2 weeks ago |
nevadacurrent.com | Dana Gentry
A bill before state lawmakers would allow Southwest Gas and other natural gas utilities in the state to ask the Public Utilities Commission to depart from traditional rate-setting in favor of alternative rate-making, a policy shift that could pose a cost burden to customers, according to opponents.
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2 weeks ago |
elkodaily.com | Dana Gentry
Gov. Joe Lombardo and NV Energy CEO Doug Cannon at the utility'sDry Lake Solar Project north of Moapa. (Photo courtesy NV Energy)NV Energy is shrinking its carbon footprint and staying ahead of a state mandate to produce half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, the utility announced earlier this month in its annual report on efforts to comply with Nevada’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, a mandate not only codified in law but in the state constitution.
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The median salary for a full-time worker in NV “is only $53,000,” noted Janine Hansen of NV Families for Freedom, adding “it doesn’t look good when we are raising salaries for government employees when the people are struggling to put food on the table” https://t.co/vS2HAWsOxK
“You’re protecting people that bought something they couldn’t afford in the first place, knowing that they couldn’t afford it, while at the same time you’re harming their neighbors,” HOA atty Adam Clarkson said. https://t.co/2fUuA8Mnjb
Nevada Consumer Advocate Ernest Figueroa testified against the bill, which opponents say could result in a less transparent rate hike process for @SWGas. https://t.co/FIQd8RUmSK