From there. Looks like both houses of government, if its proved by the senate, will be given is the okay. Our jeff gillan is all over it. We hope to have him a little bit later in our show with an update on how this all unfolded. Michelle so you can follow all of these changes on social media and also on our website, news3lv. Com. I am sure jeff right now running and gunning wasnt able to make it because of that change that just happened moments ago. Well continue to keep in touch with him. Asn theres a wildfire burning near carson city and it delayed that special session for two hours. We have learned it has been fully contained. This is video posted on social media by lili carver. The fire started last night. It threatened homes in the area, forcing 65 families to oob evacuated from their homes. Nearly 200 customers also without power because of this. Thankfully, no homes were morning keeping an eye for hot spots because the winds have been picking up. As you know, that can cause emb
That tax hike which is boosting the room tax to a raise 750 million for the stadium and 420 million for the expanded convention center. Lets roll some video if we can. This was a back and forth battle here. Supporters saying that this vote is absolutely crucial for the economic benefit of southern nevada. Opponents saying, wait a minute. This was a rush nevada has far more important things to spend its public tax dollars on. But at the end of the day the supporters of the stadium won. You mentioned that it isnt over yet. Whats happening right now is the state senate is about to go back into session. What theyre going to do. Theyre going to look at the amendments that the assembly tacked on and from what i am hearing pretty much mot going to have a problem in the state senate. So as we stand here right now at this will actually pass the day. And this thing is a done deal. However, were up here at the capitol. Its not over until its over. So put a big asterisk on that. Here is why timing
And they reconvened. They took the vote everybody is waiting for. Its a tax hike. The stadium an Contention Center needed two thirds, 28 votes. Thats all they got. The stadium was backed by sheldon adelson, putting up 650 million of his own money. The raiders 500 million. The tax payers, 750 million. Supporters say this means thousands of jobs. You cannot understand estimate the vue unemployed construction workers. How important it was for them to get back to work. Well be back here in a couple of months with no good answers for how we fund fully our budget and were gonna be making cuts. Yet, well have a shiny new stadium. Reporter yeah, theres some hard feelings on both sides of the aisle, especially on the democratic side of the aisle about how this tull turned out. Week. Some democrats opposed it but some democrats sided with sheldon adelson. Republicans were siding with labor. They are gonna be talking about this special session for a long time to come. In carson city, im jeff gill
All have worked hard to approve this stadium. Well have much more on this major story, including what needs to happen next to bring the raiders to las vegas. Thats coming up on news 3 live at 5 00 and 6 00 and follow us on twitter and get the latest updates on facebook and news3lv. Com. A power struggle is pitting a Public Charter School against a Popular Online school. The state now threatening shut down nevada connections academy, a school that houses thousands of students. Nathan oneal is live in the newsroom to explain how some families are fighting back. Right. For 3,000 students, this is their reality for public school. Virtual education. Five families have come forward with this lawsuit to try to keep their school from getting shut down. Dont close the school down. Dont make a mistake. From high school. A lot of people dont have the ability to have an education. Dont do this. The kids can are our future. Joe benjamin enrolled all six of his kids through the academy. His family i
Says faye is being reimbursed along with everyone else who had money taken. Even though he says the incident is controlled and finished with. Customers we spoke with are angry. And afraid. 18 46 50 herb bryant, one Nevada Credit Union customer its just the way things are going today. People are Getting Better with computers and finding more ways to get around firewalls and such where they can just break in and take peoples money all the time. The Bank President would only say a very small percentage of their customers were affected. One man told us an employee inside said this Security Breach compromised 25 hundred cards. Metro polic this. The Bank President says there the Bank President says there is no longer a risk to any credit union investigates. At ktnv dot com. Be sure. To include. Your name and telephone number. Late breaking developments on the efforts to bring the raiders to las vegas. Lawmakers in carson city are debating. Into the late night hours. Over that nfl stadium pro