CORONADO, Calif. (NNS)…Navy and Lander County Nevada Sheriff’s Office personnel continue to search for a U.S. military pilot whose aircraft crashed on a training flight for the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center’s “TOPGUN” course at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Nev., yesterday. The crash of the F/A-18C aircraft occurred at approximately 3 p.m., PST, […]
Washington, DC…Hi everybody. In my State of the Union Address, I said that the best measure of opportunity is access to a good job. And after the worst recession of our lifetimes, our businesses have created eight and a half million new jobs in the last four years. But we need to do more to […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…The Grand Opening for The Aspens at South Lake Tahoe affordable housing project scheduled for Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. has been postponed due to the weather forecast. A new date and time will be determined in the near future. The Aspens at South Lake Tahoe is located at 3521 […]
Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines (R-Roseville) today introduced legislation that would save ratepayers money on their insurance premiums by mandating that the Department of Insurance automatically accept any rate-decrease application from an insurer. “Let’s cut the bureaucracy and get some money back into people’s pockets,” said Senator Gaines. “If an insurer wants to lower rates, I […]
Washington, DC…Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the “second” estimate released by the […]
Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Over the last several days, the United States has been responding to events as they unfold in Ukraine. Throughout this crisis, we have been very clear about one fundamental principle: The Ukrainian people deserve the opportunity to determine their own future. Together with our European allies, we have urged […]
Washington, DC…Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an effort to prioritize U.S. strategic interests in the face of reduced resources after more than a decade of war. Defense Secretary Chuck […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. Restoring the idea of opportunity for all requires a year of action from all of us. Wherever I can act on my own, I will – and whenever I can ask more Americans to help, I’ll do that too. In my State of the Union Address, for example, I asked more business […]
Sacramento, CA…Earlier this week, the Board of Directors of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) adopted new actuarial assumptions. These assumptions stem from recent staff reviews of the overall system and needs associated with providing benefits to its members. The adoption of these new assumptions will result in employer (local government members and the […]
Denver, CO…Gov. John Hickenlooper today released a proposed spending plan for revenues collected as a result of Proposition AA, which voters approved last fall to establish excise and sales taxes on adult-use marijuana. The spending plan calls for $4.5 million in FY 2013-14 and $99 million in FY 2014-15. “When the voters passed Amendment […]
