The Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, which provides training to thousands of students per year in hospitality work and language skills, will receive a total of $25 million from the two Christmas tree bills. A capital improvement project will get $21 million and the remaining $4 million is earmarked for an outreach campaign to enroll new students.
Democratic legislative leaders added in language to the state’s Capital Improvement Project budget (which typically deals with public works) to allocate $25 million to the union in the event that Lombardo vetoes the two Christmas tree bills — part of the handshake agreement made between the governor and legislative Democrats to close down the session.
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The Culinary Academy is a partnership between resorts and the powerful Culinary Union Local 226. The union has played a key role in getting Nevada Democrats elected.