Nevada's hotel-casino industry wants a judge to halt a petition drive for a ballot initiative backed by the state's biggest teachers union that would raise taxes significantly on the largest casinos.

 

The political arm of the Nevada Resort Association filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking a court order prohibiting Nevadans For Fair Gaming Taxes from gathering signatures and nullifying the petition unveiled earlier this month.

 

The fair tax coalition advocates amending the state constitution to raise as much as an additional $315 million a year from the largest casinos. The resort association says it would result in a 44 percent tax increase on some.