By Sharon Noguchisnoguchi, San Jose Mercury News Though support for expanding elementary education to all 4-year-olds has fallen dramatically since the spring, a majority of Californians still believe in sending young children to preschool, a poll released Tuesday shows. A Field Poll shows that 58 percent of voters think it is very important for the […]
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By Tim Logan, Los Angeles Times Despite often earning higher incomes, self-employed borrowers have a harder time getting a mortgage than their salaried peers, according to a new study out Thursday. And as the ranks of the self-employed grow, that’s hindering the housing recovery. People whose primary income comes from self-employment receive 40 percent fewer […]
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By Ana Ley, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s criminal justice system spends nearly twice as much handling death penalty cases compared with murder cases where capital punishment isn’t sought, according to a report released Tuesday by state auditors. The state-mandated study, which surveyed data from 27 state and local agencies, gives ammunition to death penalty opponents […]
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By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – The three-year drought gripping California has shrunk reservoirs, rivers, creeks and snowpacks while leaving Californians drawing heavily on underground aquifers to water everything from lawns to crops. Farmers account for about 80 percent of water used in the state, but Gov. Jerry Brown has asked California households to save […]
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By Jason Millman, Washington Post Wide-ranging efforts to make hospital care safer have resulted in an estimated 50,000 fewer patients dying because of avoidable errors in the past three years, according to a report presented by government and industry officials on Tuesday. Hospitals reported 1.3 million fewer hospital-acquired infections in all between 2011-2013 compared to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College is on a path that would allow students to obtain a four-year degree two ways. One is through allowing universities to offer their programs on the South Lake Tahoe campus, the other is by being selected as one of the 15 community colleges in California to be part […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Federal judges far from California dealt a mixed hand this week to a long-debated casino proposed for the Amador County foothills near Ione. On Tuesday, a top appeals court rejected the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians’ bid to intervene in a lawsuit challenging federal approval of the […]
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By Steve Tetreault, Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the reservations of six Indian tribes in Northern Nevada was approved Monday in the U.S. House. Lawmakers by voice vote passed a measure that places 45,000 acres in trust for tribes in Humboldt, Washoe and Elko counties and for the Pyramid Lake Paiutes, […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval and Nevada’s Republican Party will call the shots in the Legislature. They will drive the hard decisions on the state’s $20 billion budget, Clark County’s failing public school system and the rising costs of health care. But the Republican Party also must deal with itself. The […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Veteran gaming executive Dan Lee was named CEO of regional casino operator Full House Resorts Monday, ending a two-month proxy fight for control of the Las Vegas-based company. Full House owns three casinos: one in Indiana, one in Mississippi and the Stockman’s Casino in Fallon. The company also manages […]
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