By Chad Terhune and Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation’s hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The escalating price of medical care may complicate the […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Legislature’s attempt to craft an entertainment tax in 2003 read a little bit like the children’s story of the hen who couldn’t persuade her barnyard animal friends to help her gather and grow grain for the winter. Lawmakers then considered a proposal by the Nevada […]
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Besides having to deal with stolen traps, crayfish operations on Lake Tahoe are also limited to where they can work. But that may change. A bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, to allow commercial fishing of crayfish in California’s waters of Lake Tahoe passed the Assembly on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 165, which allows for […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The company that manages Red Hawk Casino reported higher revenue today because of improved results at the troubled Shingle Springs facility. Lakes Entertainment Inc. of Minneapolis said it lost $300,000 during the first quarter compared to a profit of $1.8 million a year earlier. But revenue grew to $3.3 million […]
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The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash Tuesday as the California Transportation Commission allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges. The allocations include $476 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. In total, nearly […]
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With the drier than normal conditions, the Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento Unit of CalFire has geared up for fire season beginning with the staffing of four engines on April 29. Four additional engines are to be staffed on May 13. “Beginning June 1 we will have two CalFire engines staffed (in Lake Tahoe); one in South Lake […]
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By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times ANAHEIM — As the Supreme Court weighs a case that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, California offers one glimpse of a future without it. California was one of the first states to abolish affirmative action, after voters approved Proposition 209 in 1996. Across the […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the projected deficit for this fiscal year is expected to be less than originally forecast, the city of South Lake Tahoe is looking at approximately a $1 million shortfall each year through 2017-18. City Manager Nancy Kerry went over the mid-year budget at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, while also providing indicators […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s next city attorney hails from the San Joaquin Valley. Tom Watson, whom the council on May 7 unanimously agreed to hire, is currently a partner with Fike & Watson in Clovis. The firm contracts out to be counsel for various cities. Watson represents Woodlake and Mendota – two extremely […]
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By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown put the state’s early wildfire season in global terms Monday, saying the state would have to grow accustomed to more forest fires as a consequence of climate change. Brown’s remarks at the CalFire aviation management unit in Sacramento came as firefighters in Ventura County […]
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