Anybody smell any upsets?

What a fine idea. Noting life is "too expensive" and "Nevadans need a break," a special legislative session might be called by Gov. Joe Lombardo this summer "to provide needed tax relief," the governor's office told the Independent's Tabitha Mueller yesterday.

Since the largest source of state general fund revenue is the regressive sales tax, and Nevada has no progressive income tax, the state's tax structure is unfairly upside down — the lower your income, the higher the portion of it you pay in taxes. While the sales tax rate varies a bit from county to county, on the whole Nevada sales tax rates are higher than in most states. Lowering the sales tax rate would be the quickest, fairest, most direct, and most efficient way state government could "provide...relief" to Nevada households.

Nevada's tax rate on insurance premiums is the nation's second highest. And insurance inflation is notorious for outpacing the headline overall inflation rate. So reducing the Nevada tax rate on insurance premiums would also provide direct relief to Nevada consumers.

Gas tax holidays always poll well. But they're effectiveness is compromised because sizable portions of the benefit go to suppliers, not consumers. Gas tax holidays can also be regressive, because those who benefit the most from gas tax holidays are not households struggling to get by, but large businesses that put a lot of gas in a lot of vehicles.

So by all means, lower sales and insurance tax rates. But probably skip the gas tax holiday, which sounds good but is as much political gimmick as it is equitable affordability policy.

Oh, right. And fill the budget hole — created when sales and insurance tax rates are lowered — by raising Nevada’s lowest-in-the-nation tax on gambling revenue. Duh.

Bonus attraction: A special legislative session, called on the premise that life is, as the governor’s office put it, “too expensive,” would punctuate how miserable policies implemented by Trump and his Republicans have been for Nevada households.

Hmm, I'm starting to think the governor might not call a special legislative session.

IN NEVADA CURRENT

Maybe there will be some surprises tonight! And maybe not pleasant ones, depending on your point of view. Your vote could count, you know. Nevada on the whole is not on track to break any voter turnout records this primary election. That’s not surprising for a midterm cycle, especially one without a U.S. Senate race on the ballot. But it does mean a number of key races could be decided by a relatively small number of voters. April Corbin Girnus reports: Washoe County, rurals energized to vote in primary. Clark County? Not so much.

Reminder. The outcome of some races may be too close to call tonight, and the results may have to await the counting of some mail ballots that are postmarked today or earlier but won’t get delivered for a day or three. This happens every election in Nevada. And it’s very American; in the oldey timey days people waited weeks to find out who won, because you know, horses and buggies. Y’all can handle a couple-three days.

Leave it to Hegseth to prompt a Utah Republican to use the phrase “Pentagon’s ‘Christian list’” but not in a nice way. The DC bureau's Ashley Murray reports: DoD tweaks organized religion list after complaints of Latter-day Saints snub

And Nevada is one of them. Only eight states have potency caps on some cannabis products. Stateline's Amanda Hernández reports: High-potency cannabis fuels state debates over psychosis and addiction risks

Good Luck