By Thomas Frank, USA Today At age 55, South Carolina state Sen. David Thomas began collecting a pension for his legislative service without leaving office. Most workers must retire from their jobs before getting retirement benefits. But Thomas used a one-sentence law that he and his colleagues passed in 2002 to let legislators receive a […]
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By Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Paul Stockton, the Pentagon’s point man for security in the homeland, plans for the kind of apocalyptic events that could forever change the lives of millions of Americans. Assistant Secretary of Defense Stockton, a lifelong academic who speaks passionate jargon, calls them “complex catastrophes” with “cascading effects,” and, like Sept. 11, […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – It isn’t just fraud, but waste and abuse of Medicaid funds that state officials are taking aim at as the cost of the health insurance program for children, seniors and the disabled continues to climb. Charles Duarte, administrator of the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing […]
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The 1,140-acre lightning-caused fire near Bridgeport was fully contained Thursday. It started Sept. 25 near Buckeye Campground and Buckeye Hot Springs. No structures were lost. Smoke at times blew north, causing those in the Carson City-Reno area to be able to smell it and see it. Nearly 300 firefighters worked the blaze, including a crew […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal Placer County has plenty of water and that’s creating increasing challenges to keep it, a Placer County Water Agency told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. The water agency is attempting to galvanize support for a regional effort to fight a new round of proposals for the Delta that Strategic Affairs […]
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By KCRA-TV A property management company in Lake Tahoe violated federal law when it improperly handled a sexual harassment claim of a Resort at Squaw Creek employee, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The commission said that the resort operator retaliated against the employee who filed a sexual harassment […]
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With the weather forecast to change dramatically next week, Disney Construction crews are going to be spending more time on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. This means more delays. On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 from 7am-7pm the eastbound and center lanes will be closed from Lyons Avenue to Trout Creek Bridge. Caltrans does […]
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By CBS AMERICAN CANYON – U.S. Army Spc. Garrett A. Fant, 21, of American Canyon, was killed Monday by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Fant, who attended South Tahoe High School, was on patrol in southern Afghanistan when the explosive device detonated. He was assigned to […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County commissioners will not tax vehicle owners more to pay court-ordered tax refunds for Incline Village homeowners — a decision that risks the county not having enough cash if it should be hit with a big lawsuit or some other calamity. The commission agreed Tuesday night not to act […]
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Updated: Sept. 29 7:32am. By Kathryn Reed Back to court – that is where the Sierra Colina project is going because the League to Save Lake Tahoe is appealing last month’s ruling. U.S. District Judge Robert Jones in Reno had ruled in the developer’s favor in August. The League on Sept. 28 took action to […]
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