(Carson City, NV)  –  Democrats have delayed a contract for promoting rural Nevada tourism.

Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, who sits on the Interim Finance Committee, has questioned why an out-of-state firm won a three-million-dollar bid to do advertising and public relations.

New York-based Burson-Marsteller won the competitive bid.  One Republican has accused the panel of overstepping its bounds by delaying the contract.  The committee is scheduled to revisit the subject at a later date.