LANL tax status now in question
(WorldNews Mexico)

Los Alamos County would lose $20 million a year – 40 percent of its general fund budget – without its share of lab GRT, said Burgess. Citing a legislative study, he said state government would lose $25 million. Smaller amounts of GRT from lab purchases go to other local governments and entities like the North Central Regional Transit District’s regional bus service. Triad consists of the University of California, Texas A&M and Ohio-based scientific nonprofit Battelle Memorial Institute and is organized as a limited liability company. Earlier this year, Triad won the bidding to take over the $2.5 billion annual LANL operating contract from the current contractor, private...