WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama spoke to the American people from a Honeywell manufacturing facility in Minnesota about his proposal to make it easier for companies to hire our returning service members for jobs that utilize their skills and help grow our economy. This week, the President called on Congress to get […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – As part of its Forest Plan revision process, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) is asking for public comment on four alternatives for managing National Forest System lands. The alternatives respond to public input obtained from comment periods and multiple public meetings in 2008 and 2010, […]
SACRAMENTO (May 31, 2012) – Earlier today, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation voted to steal up to $31 million dollars from the California Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund and transfer it to non-OHV related programs. This pilfering of user-pay funding is part of the “Sustainable Parks Proposal” being championed by the […]
SACRAMENTO – The state’s top independent government oversight body today voted unanimously to recommend legislative approval of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s reorganization plan, which will make government more effective by cutting the number of state agencies from 12 to 10, eliminating unnecessary entities and consolidating those with similar functions. “The Little Hoover Commission’s unanimous […]
WASHINGTON, DC—In this week’s address, President Obama paid tribute to our men and women in uniform who have died in service to our country. The President also reaffirmed our nation’s dedication to serving our veterans as well as they have served us, and thanked our men and women in uniform for their unwavering commitment to […]
Sacramento – Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, exposed the Mother Lode Taxpayers Association as a fake taxpayer organization funded by a quarter-million dollars from Sacramento special interests. The group appears to have been set up in the last 60 days in the 5th Assembly district which includes parts of El Dorado […]
Washington, DC…In this week’s address, President Obama called on Democrats and Republicans to come together and act on his Congressional “to-do list,” which will create jobs and help restore middle class security. In this make-or-break moment for the middle class, these five initiatives have bipartisan support and will help create an economy that is built […]
On Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Unit (DCSAR) recently provided a lesson in outdoor survival to students at Carson Valley Middle School. Search and Rescue Members Merrilyn Noble, Rich Alexander, Dirk Goering, Carol Caman and Anne Harris provided the instruction. As part of the training, students […]
Stateline, NV – The Lake Tahoe Basin came one step closer to having an updated Regional Plan, the blueprint for a sustainable future, as the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency presented draft documents of the Regional Plan Update at a two-day Governing Board meeting this week. In her opening statements before the Governing Board, TRPA’s Executive […]
Carson City, NV…The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has approved Google’s license application to test autonomous vehicles on Nevada public roads. It is the first license issued in the United States under new laws and regulations that put Nevada at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. After drive testing demonstrations along freeways, state highways and […]
