By Mariah Blake, Mother Jones Each night at dinnertime, a familiar ritual played out in Michael Green’s home: He’d slide a stainless steel sippy cup across the table to his 2-year-old daughter, Juliette, and she’d howl for the pink plastic one. Often, Green gave in. But he had a nagging feeling. As an environmental-health advocate, […]
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Before the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees agrees to allow SnowGlobe to return for a year or even three, worries about the field need to be put to rest. The board at its meeting this week talked about the possibility of having the music festival return. With the college having a men and […]
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By Holly Yeager, Washington Post The delegation from the National Cannabis Industry Association made a point of dressing well for its day on Capitol Hill, sporting mostly dark suits, lots of ties and plenty of the group’s signature lapel pins, which feature a sun rising over vibrant fields of marijuana. Marijuana advocates have come to […]
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The lineup is set for the June 10 Douglas County primary, with Friday being the deadline to file. Many of the races are not contested, including the District 4 commissioner seat held by Nancy McDermid. Steven Thaler is the lone candidate for the District 2 commissioner seat. Lee Bonner currently has that seat. One of […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee California will need to find billions of dollars annually to improve its water system, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report. Lawmakers are currently debating several water bond proposals for the 2014 ballot, but the report cautions that the state cannot rely on uncertain bond money to […]
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By Patricia Yollin, KQED-TV In November, two computer science graduate students at Stanford University began a study of phone metadata privacy. They figured that this kind of information could be extremely sensitive, but they didn’t expect to find much evidence one way or the other. They were wrong. The two grad students identified the participants’ […]
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By Scott Neuman, NPR Attorney General Eric Holder is backing a proposal to shorten sentences for nonviolent drug dealers in an effort reduce federal spending on prisons. Holder appeared before the United States Sentencing Commission on Thursday to announce his support of the panel’s recommendations to trim federal guidelines for sentencing of drug traffickers to […]
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By Will Stone, NPR When the Nevada Department of Wildlife gave its comments on sage grouse, Ron Torell says the agency threw the livestock industry under the bus. “We had to get their attention somehow. This did it.” Torell is president of the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association and says NDOW’s stance on sage grouse could spell […]
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Californians are walking, biking, or using public transportation twice as much as they did in 2000. Nearly 23 percent of household trips were taken by walking, biking, and public transportation. In 2000, that share was only 11 percent, according to the California Household Travel Survey. “Based on this research, we can make good decisions about […]
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By Kathryn Reed Construction this summer on Kingsbury Grade is going to require patience from drivers, businesses and residents. Expect the roadway to be torn up until just before July 4, 2015. If the weather holds, the work could begin before May 1. This stretch of road that connects Lake Tahoe to the Carson Valley […]
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