By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal A campaign aiming to force the Nevada Legislature to put more money into the state’s schools is ramping up its efforts. Fund Our Future Nevada, which launched in February, wants lawmakers to dedicate more money for Nevada schools by increasing the state’s per pupil spending. The coalition — which […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Splitting California into three new states would scramble nearly every segment of government that touches residents’ lives, from taxes to Medi-Cal to driver’s licenses. New agencies would have to be created to operate prisons, highways and universities. CalPERS, CalSTRS, Cal Fire and the California Highway Patrol, to name a […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy RENO – Attorney General Jeff Sessions stayed true to the party line Monday as he defended the president’s policy on immigration saying children are the target of MS-13, an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Sessions gave the keynote address June 25, opening the national gathering […]
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By Joseph W. Mead and Sara Rankin, The Conversation Increasingly, local laws punish Americans who are homeless. By severely restricting or even barring the ability to engage in necessary, life-sustaining activities in public, like sitting, standing, sleeping or asking for help, even when there’s no reasonable alternative, these laws are essentially persecuting homeless men, women […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle California voters will decide whether to repeal newly enacted gas taxes and vehicle registration fees that fund road repairs under a ballot initiative that will appear on the November ballot. Proponents of the repeal turned in more than the 585,407 valid signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. […]
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A driver for Boulder Exterminator was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after crashing a company truck on North Upper Truckee Road in Meyers. Joseph Toller, 50, of Gardnerville sustained moderate injuries in the June 25, 1:15pm accident. He as transported to Barton Memorial Hospital. “He was going too fast and left the […]
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Markleeville’s legendary Cutthroat saloon is getting a new lease on life. It has changed hands, and the new owner is restoring the name. Fawna Demond, who has periodically worked at the bar, is the new owner. When Tom Abdoo bought the bar and restaurant in 2002 he renamed it the Wolf Creek Bar & Restaurant. […]
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El Dorado County has worked out a deal with Airbnb for the short-term rental company to collect transient occupancy tax. This is something the city of South Lake Tahoe has been trying to do to no avail. Airbnb will start doing this for the unincorporated area of the county starting Aug. 1. Jurisdictions prefer rental […]
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By Chris Sellers, Lindsey Dillon and Phil Brown, The Conversation The Environmental Protection Agency made news recently for excluding reporters from a “summit” meeting on chemical contamination in drinking water. Episodes like this are symptoms of a larger problem: an ongoing, broad-scale takeover of the agency by industries it regulates. We are social scientists with […]
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By Sam Gross, Reno Gazette-Journal First responders rescued five people Saturday night after their boat capsized in Washoe Lake. Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Chief Charlie Moore told the Reno Gazette Journal Sunday that they found five people “clinging to the sides of a capsized watercraft” roughly a half-mile from shore. Read the whole story
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