Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons is very happy with the work of the Nevada Legislature. “I am working to keep Nevadans in their jobs and in their homes,” Gibbons said, “and today’s Special Session results mean we will be able to continue to give our citizens the services they expect and deserve.”

Legislators approved a lengthy list of legal changes and money movements to keep state government functioning in the face of the present economic crisis. The cuts and changes approved today should keep state government functioning until the end of the fiscal year in June 2009. The actions taken by the Legislature today are not expected to impact existing government services.

“Today was the result of several weeks of work across party lines to preserve the state’s financial health through the end of the fiscal year in June 2009,” Gibbons said.

“Nevada families are tightening their belts, Nevada businesses are tightening their belts, and Nevada’s government is doing the same thing,” Gibbons said. “Raising taxes on those families and those businesses is just not right in these harsh economic times.”