To the community, On behalf of Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, I would like to thank our community for its support during the third winter season of the South Lake Tahoe warm room project. Our organization received donations from over 150 individuals and businesses and benefited from 64 volunteers who provided over 675 volunteer hours […]
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By Stein Ringen The decision by China’s legislature to scrap the term limit of 10 years in the country’s presidency pulls the curtain aside on Xi Jinping’s radical transformation of the regime. The world looks to China and sees an economic giant. But the China we ought to see is a political giant. Xi inherited […]
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By Manlio Graziano Is the United States in decline? The debate on the subject lacks content and context. To take the conversation about American decline away from arbitrary and subjective claims, we require an indisputable criterion. And the only criterion that really counts in international relations is comparison: How does the United States stack up […]
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By Daryl Osby and Mark Lorenzen, Sacramento Bee The many tragedies during the terrible wildfires and mudslides California experienced recently have taught us many lessons we cannot ignore or neglect. First, our weather patterns are changing and natural disasters are getting worse, due in large part to climate change. California suffered its deadliest and […]
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To the community, Kudos to the South Lake Tahoe Taxaide Team. Despite the harsh March weather, we helped our fellow residents file a record number of complete and accurate returns (640 – a 6 percent increase over last year). Refunds of $795,646 were processed, with $235,913 balance due. That means that over a half million […]
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By James G. Lewis, High Country News The third applicant was “no gentleman,” the U.S. Forest Service ranger wrote to his boss, but would still make a first-class fire lookout on the remote Klamath National Forest. He thought little of the first applicant’s abilities, and the second had poor eyesight, though that didn’t prevent him […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 2, 2018, Los Angeles Times. World leaders may negotiate their climate change accords in foreign capitals, but the efforts to stem global warming may succeed or fail based on what happens in United States courtrooms, where the state of California is leading the charge to block the […]
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By Akiesha Anderson, The Conversation Although LGBT people are becoming more visible in society, federal data reveal little about the U.S. LGBT population and its needs. In a first in U.S. history, the U.S. Census Bureau will explicitly count same-sex couples living together in the 2020 census. The decision to ask about same-sex relationships, announced […]
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By David Snyder The First Amendment Coalition supports a bill to be heard next week in the California Senate Judiciary Committee that would help prevent abusive litigation by public agencies against members of the public who request records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). SB1244 would amend the CPRA in two important ways. First, […]
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To the community, The LTCC ADVANCE Adult Education Program is a recently implemented program at the college whose focus is to train local adults with workforce skills aimed to lead to higher wages and greater employment options. ADVANCE is a collaborative network of local businesses, government offices and the K-12 LTUSD which offers the free […]
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