By Alexei Koseff and Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee California legislators accepted at least $612,000 worth of travel last year from non-profit organizations and foreign governments, including lodging, airfare, meals and gifts received while visiting locations from Napa and Newport Beach to Australia and Argentina. Senators took about $199,000 and Assembly members took about $413,000 […]
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By Jason Song, Los Angeles Times Cal State University campuses are under pressure to boost their four-year graduation rates, which in most cases are far below the national average. A new state Legislature bill could make their task easier. If the legislation is adopted, students who agree to take 15 units a semester and maintain […]
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Updated 4:15pm El Dorado County sheriff’s Deputy Tony Broadfoot has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence twice in nine days. As of Saturday afternoon he was still in jail in Placerville on $250,000 bail. These two arrests come after his initial DUI arrest on Dec. 8. That incident occurred in South Lake […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau California gets its share, and then some, from the Obama administration’s $4 trillion budget proposal delivered Monday to a skeptical, Republican-controlled Congress. There’s money for restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, likely to survive congressional winnowing. Proposed upgrades at places like Yosemite National Park will probably find Capitol Hill favor, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Starting this fall students at Whittell High School should be able to take individual classes at South Tahoe High School. The school boards of the respective districts are slated to vote on the agreement at their March 8 meetings. While inter-district transfers between the Nevada and California districts have been available for […]
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By Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times Federal regulators said Tuesday they will ban a pesticide widely used on California crops such as almonds and alfalfa, saying it imperils aquatic insects that are the food source of fish. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday filed an intent to cancel registration of all products containing flubendiamide, […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment Corp. CEO Mark Frissora received initial approval for a gaming license from state regulators this week after he sought to put to rest any concerns about his contentious exit from his last job. The Gaming Control Board unanimously recommended a license for Frissora, who was named the […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Just a few years removed from the worst recession in its history, Reno is starting to get its mojo back. This includes garnering interest from franchise and corporate retail stores that are eyeing communities expected to see big growth in the coming years. New store openings in the last year […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada no longer leads the nation in uninsured children. The Silver State posted the largest improvement nationwide in reducing its rate of uninsured kids from 2013 to 2014, a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found. An estimated 100,058 or 14.4 percent of Nevada children did not have health […]
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By Kathryn Reed Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act is a misnomer, according to South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler. He believes proponents of this ballot measure came up with the name as a way to mislead people. Uhler contends the initiative does the opposite of what the title says. It […]
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