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- Governor Joe Lombardo ordered data-center developers to pay school sales tax for abatements.
- Clark County Education Association says K-12 schools lost $357 million since 2015 from data-center tax abatements.
- New abatements require Nevada hiring, state-average wages, $25 million spending, and school tax payment.
- Abatements exclude data centers owned by China, North Korea, Iran, Russia, or Venezuela.
- Attorney General Aaron Ford called the order a “sham” and urged pausing tax breaks.