Sacramento, CA…The recent projections by the Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) showing a $5.6 billion reserve at the end of 2014-15 was welcome news to the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC). RCRC has urged the State to include past due Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments in the […]
Reno, Nevada. Dec. 9, 2013. The Washoe County Health District has changed the Burn Code from Yellow to Red, prohibiting the use of fireplaces, wood stoves, and pellet stoves until further notice. WHO/WHAT: Health District changes Burn Code from Yellow to Red WHEN: Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 until further notice WHERE: Reno, Sparks, and Southern […]
Alpine County, Tuolumne County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has closed State Route 4 (SR-4) over Ebbetts Pass and SR-89 over Monitor Pass, in Alpine County, and SR-108 over Sonora Pass, in Tuolumne County, as of Monday, December 9, 2013. The recent storms, and accumulation of snow, make the seasonal closure necessary for […]
Washington, DC…The average federal tax rate for all households in 2010—that is, tax liabilities divided by income (including government transfer payments) before taxes—was 18.1 percent. To examine the effect of taxes on households with different amounts of income, CBO divided the nation’s households into five groups of equal size, arrayed by before-tax income. In 2010, […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. The holiday season is a time for remembering the bonds we share, and our obligations to one another as human beings. But right now, more than one million of our fellow Americans are poised to lose a vital economic lifeline just a few days after Christmas if Congress doesn’t do something about […]
Stateline, NV…A December lineup of top-notch comedy, adventure films, cash giveaways and enough Lake Tahoe infused holiday cheer to fill a stocking await at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa. For the fifth year, MontBleu hosts the Festival of Trees and Lights, a five-day, family-oriented celebration where Christmas trees, lights and decorations are creatively set against […]
Sacramento – The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) today updated its online list of the Top 500 sales and use tax delinquencies, which total $501.7 million in taxes for the fourth quarter of 2013. Also, an interactive map displays location, account name, and amount owed by delinquent taxpayers. Legislation enacted in 2011 (AB […]
Cambridge, MA – A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year-olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds a solid majority of Millennials disapprove of the comprehensive health reform package that the president signed into law in 2010, regardless of whether the law is […]
Washington, DC…The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals — and map their relationships — in ways that would have been previously unimaginable. The […]
Carson City, NV…Governor Brian Sandoval issued the following statement after the Division of Insurance announced that it does not have the discretion to rescind cancellation notices: “In light of the confusion surrounding the President’s announcement that individuals can keep their cancelled health insurance policies, the Nevada Division of Insurance sought legal guidance from the Attorney […]
