Nevada Legislature: $4.95 million to Western Nevada College, Great Basin

The Appropriations Act, which spells out how state General Fund money will be spent over the coming two years, includes a total of $4.95 million in cash added to help Western Nevada and Great Basin colleges make the transition to the new university system funding formulas.The new formulas left those two community colleges and the Desert Research Institute in deep fiscal trouble because it moves large amounts of existing money to the major universities —UNLV and to UNR — in large part by inc