By Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil *****, Bloomberg News The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal “Cooney’s Law,” which went into effect a month ago and makes torturing or killing animals a serious crime, might have backfired by keeping those cases secret from the public. “There was a late amendment to the law that was supposed to keep the identity of the reporting party […]
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By Suzanne Bohan, Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO — The succulent cherries and juicy ripe peaches that Californians enjoy every summer could disappear in some regions as climate change warms the cold winters that trees need to bear fruit in the spring. In the past century, the state’s winter lows have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit, […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Two area real estate brokerage firms swapped assets through branch acquisitions, as part of a strategic realignment that focuses and increases market share for both companies in their respective areas. The Select Group Real Estate Services and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Mason-McDuffie acquired offices from each other in […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee In a development that may help Sacramento County retirees regain lost health-care subsidies, the California Supreme Court ruled last week that counties can be bound by an “implied contract” with retired employees. In a federal lawsuit that was filed in April, the Sacramento County Retired Employees Association is challenging the […]
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By Kathryn Reed When Douglas County School District board of trustees meet next month they are likely to vote on whether Kingsbury Middle School should be put up for sale. Declining enrollment at Lake Tahoe forced the district to go from three schools at the lake to two in fall 2008. KMS has sat dormant […]
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By Kathryn Reed A month after the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to move Lake Tahoe Golf Course into Washoe Meadows State Park, a group has filed a lawsuit to prohibit that from happening. “I would like people to know this has consequences for the entire state,” Lynne Paulson, who is part […]
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By Daniel Stone and Laura Colarusso, Newsweek Class warfare is a politically charged term these days, from the Wall Street protests to the Capitol Hill negotiations over curtailing the nation’s debt. But a new congressional analysis, obtained by Newsweek, may fuel populist outrage by showing the extent of government subsidies that go to the wealthiest […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee Much of the money spent for travel by Assembly committees this year went to fly personal aides of Southern California legislators round-trip between the Capitol and their districts. The trips contradict what the Assembly tells Californians in its annual expenditure report – that committee travel funds are used primarily for […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada is looking for a state public schools chief to push forward with education reforms sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval and approved by lawmakers in the 2011 legislative session. Keith Rheault, Nevada’s superintendent of public instruction since 2004, is retiring in early April and Sandoval wants […]
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