Democrats said at least some of that should be used to bolster under-financed social programs geared toward working class residents hit hardest financially from the pandemic. The surplus is a product of projected increases in state tax revenue, fueled by strong sales and gaming tax revenue that benefited from high inflation and strong consumer spending. The clock is ticking to settle on a record-setting $11.6 billion two-year budget that now includes an extra $251 million based on new projections earlier this week. Thus begins the final stretch of Nevada’s biennial legislative session, where bills running through the Democratic-controlled legislature will arrive at the Republican governor’s desk, and the fate of the governor’s proposed bills lie within the Democratic-controlled legislature. They also made clear the GOP governor’s election reform proposals are all but dead, including a voter ID bill, and repeated their opposition to his proposed expansion of school-choice measures. They emphasized their priorities of protecting election workers, passing fentanyl legislation and expanding social safety nets for low-income and underserved families. Lombardo fired back minutes after Democratic leaders who control the state Senate and Assembly outlined their top priorities at a news conference outside the statehouse. Joe Lombardo sharpened his criticism of majority Democrats’ alternatives to his budget priorities Wednesday, dismissing their proposals to fund more social safety nets as “feel-good” politics.
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