In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
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Last month, Congress passed a historic $2.2 trillion aid package aimed at easing the financial burden facing state governments, businesses and American families during the coronavirus pandemic. As part of this legislation, the majority of Americans are eligible to receive one-time cash payments — $1,200 for most — but for some, accessing those funds is a confusing and complicated process, while others were completely left out of this part of the relief plan.
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The Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation will participate alongside other financial experts in a telephone town hall scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
It doesn’t matter if you’re from the left or the right. You may not want to hear that religions do a lot of harm. But they do.
During a Tuesday morning meeting, the authority is planning to reduce the current fiscal year’s budget by $79 million, a LVCVA spokeswoman confirmed to Casino.org. More reductions are possible in the next fiscal year’s spending plan, the spokeswoman adds.
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Public union contracts covering more than 18,000 hospital workers, police officers and other government employees have fallen victim to Nevada’s coronavirus outbreak.
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Public union contracts covering more than 18,000 hospital workers, police officers and other government employees have fallen victim to Nevada’s coronavirus outbreak.
If you want to know why the latest tally of jobless claims announced Thursday is at least suspect — and probably a complete distortion of reality — consider the case of Todd Sayland.
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Like Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, and the Fourth of July, Tax Day in America is associated with the same calendar date each year.
While the aggregate tax system is mildly progressive, state and local tax systems are notably regressive. The lowest 95 percent of all income earners pay on average a higher percent of their income in state and local taxes than their share of aggregate income.
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Rogelio Garcia, a Reno-based real estate agent, is used to uncertainty. In normal times, business might boom one month, only to slow the next.
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Hundreds of thousands of Nevadans could lose their jobs due to the business stoppage caused by the new coronavirus.
The threat of violence, already displayed in a local demonstration recalling the brutal death of George Floyd could discourage some guests from heading to Las Vegas casinos when they start to reopen on Thursday, national gaming experts warn.