By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Facing the prospect of millions of Californians turned away at airport security checkpoints, the Brown administration is racing to bring the state’s driver’s licenses up to federal standards. Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget proposal includes $220.6 million over the next six years to hire more than 2,700 workers to process […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal When the Nevada Gaming Commission meets Thursday, members will consider tinkering with Regulation 22, the state’s rules governing race and sportsbook wagers. Under scrutiny will be a section that would require new record-keeping requirements on all wagers that pay out more than $10,000. Most sportsbook players won’t be […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — For the most part, the 2017 session of the Nevada Legislature has not been one to foster open government. Bills have run the gamut and had mixed results, as the Legislature has considered proposals dealing with government transparency, accountability, lobbying, campaign finance and even an inspector […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink When the housing market crashed about a decade ago, one of the results was a trend toward downsizing. The phrase “tiny home” emerged, people scaled down to smaller homes, RVs became potential retirement properties, and an overall tendency toward living within or below one’s means began to take shape. Here […]
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By Kathryn Reed In five years, nearly one-quarter of South Lake Tahoe’s General Fund is expected to be allocated for retiree pensions. This doesn’t even include what goes out for health benefits, let alone current salaries. It’s normal for employees to be the No. 1 expense for public agencies. The amount though, is getting to […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle For several years, officials in California and states throughout the West discussed merging control of their electricity grids to create one vast, integrated power market that would span the entire region. A unified grid, they reasoned, would be more efficient, keeping costs down. It could also help states […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Winter isn’t quite ready to release its snowy grip on the Sierra – even after record-breaking precipitation. Tuesday, a cold storm is expected to blow in and drop snow levels to as low as 5,500 feet. While only a few inches of snow may fall, the shift from pleasant spring […]
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Pet Supermarket in South Lake Tahoe has reopened after being closed for a few days last week. The store on Emerald Bay Road closed because an illness among employees was thought to be the result of something they had contracted in the building. A store employee said the building was found to have nothing to […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe’s future in South Lake Tahoe is murky. Lake Tahoe Community College’s board of trustees on May 9 heard a recap about the 2016 music festival. Promoter Chad Donnelly asked to be able to talk to the board and give a presentation, so he did. The board is most concerned about protecting […]
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By Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times Home values have risen for years amid the economic recovery. And in some corners of California, prices are even setting records, surpassing levels reached during the height of the housing bubble. But for most of the state — and indeed the nation as a whole — values remain […]
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