CCSD explains why ‘Open Book’ website now less user friendly
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The birth of a rebellion
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — A Washoe County property-tax revolt that has already won court orders for more than $20 million in refunds and threatens to implode the state's entire property-tax…
Stage set for property tax showdown
RENO — The seven-year, no-holds-barred, legal battle between Washoe County and Lake Tahoe property owners will reach a crucial turning point Tuesday. Hanging in the balance isn't just the tens of millions…
LVCVA vice chair ducks advance payments issue
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority Vice Chairman Keith Smith is refusing to answer questions about the authority's long-standing policy of advancing millions of dollars in interest-free operating funds to…
LVCVA gives R&R benefit of financial float
Millions of dollars in advance payments from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to a company owned by R&R Partners CEO William Vassiliadis would not be allowed under state…
No proof that LVCVA advertising delivers bang for the buck
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will gather Tuesday to hear the marketing and lobbying firm R&R Partners explain why it believes its expiring $92 million-a-year advertising contract should…
NPRI’s Transparency Project on the LVCVA: Feb. 16, 2009 update
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is attempting to redefine its legal identity and that of its top official in the wake of the Nevada Policy Research Institute's disclosures…
NPRI’s Transparency Project on the LVCVA: Feb. 4, 2009 update
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's 14-member board of directors will face a crucial decision at its next meeting on Feb. 13: Whether to extend R&R Partners' $87 million-a-year…
NPRI’s Transparency Project on the LVCVA
The Nevada Policy Research Institute has made the issue of government transparency a top priority in 2008, as the issue has grown in prominence nationally and as the need for…