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January 16th, 2010
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Author: CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Nevada’s mining industry would face higher taxes under an initiative petition a group plans to file Tuesday with the secretary of state.
The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada is seeking voter approval of a minimum tax of 5 percent on mining companies’ gross
revenue.
The petition also would change the state constitutional requirement that limits mining taxes to 5 percent of a mining companies’ “net” proceeds, or what is left after they deduct most of their expenses.
The group needs to secure 97,002 valid signatures by Aug. 4 to put the proposal before voters in the November election.
Nevada Mining Association President Tim Crowley issued a statement saying his group would oppose the petition.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Nevada’s mining industry would face higher taxes under an initiative petition a group plans to file Tuesday with the secretary of state.
The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada is seeking voter approval of a minimum tax of 5 percent on mining companies’ gross
revenue.
The petition also would change the state constitutional requirement that limits mining taxes to 5 percent of a mining companies’ “net” proceeds, or what is left after they deduct most of their expenses.
The group needs to secure 97,002 valid signatures by Aug. 4 to put the proposal before voters in the November election.
Nevada Mining Association President Tim Crowley issued a statement saying his group would oppose the petition.
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Associated Press – January 14, 2010 7:34 PM ET
RENO, Nev. (AP) – A Reno man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a 22-year-old California man.
Quincy Ray Solomon Julian also pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted robbery with the use of a deadly weapon and grand larceny.
Donnie Kellison of Fresno, Calif., was bludgeoned to death in August 2008 at a motel in Reno.
Police have said Julian and Kellison were left alone when two other men they were with went to look for prostitutes. Police have said Julian fatally beat Kellison with a rifle that belonged to another man because he wanted to sell it for drug money.
Sentencing is set for Feb. 16. The 31-year-old Julian faces a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.
Information from: Reno Gazette-Journal, http://www.rgj.com
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LAS VEGAS (AP) – New polling shows a former federal judge could topple incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons in a primary election to select the Republican nominee for the Nevada governor’s race.
In a Las Vegas Review-Journal poll of 625 registered voters published Sunday, 39 percent of respondents said they would vote for judge Brian Sandoval over Gibbons. Some 23 percent of respondents said they backed the governor and 31 percent were undecided.
The poll found Sandoval would also beat Democratic hopeful Rory Reid in a bid for the governor’s office. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they support Sandvoal and 31 percent backed Reid. A Clark County commissioner, Reid is the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
The poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research on Jan. 5. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percent.
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A two-vehicle fire that broke-out in front of a Reno hay delivery business is out, after firefighters worked to extinguish it Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters say around 3 pm Saturday, a car caught on fire outside of Alan Mendes Hay Delivery at 7800 North Virginia St, igniting another car nearby.
A woman from a business across the street told KOLO 8 News that she could see the fire burning. She later confirmed that the fire was out, and that firefighters had left the scene.
Crews were able to quickly knock-down the fire. Luckily, no one was hurt.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
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