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Nevada Casinos Trying To Block Teacher-Backed Tax Increase

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.

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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.

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