Economic Forum

OPINION: Despite rosy economic projections, a ‘check engine’ light flickers

Focusing solely on Reno’s self-inflicted labor costs, however, misses the forest for the trees. Even if the City of Reno’s labor costs came in where they were originally budgeted to, the city’s budget would still be straining.

East front of the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2022. (Humberto Sanchez/The Nevada Independent)

If we don’t raise the debt limit, Nevada’s economy may never recover

Unfortunately, all of this economic progress we’ve made for Nevada families will be wiped out in an instant if Republicans in Congress continue to threaten defaulting on our nation’s debt.

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Road to Recovery: Economic Forum finds tax revenues overperforming

That trend has continued in the 2022 fiscal year, which began on July 1, as year-to-date revenues have outperformed Economic Forum projections by more than $360 million.

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