Stateline, NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is updating the schedule for the release of the Regional Plan draft documents for late April, according to TRPA officials, and remains committed to completing the updated Regional Plan by December 2012 as scheduled. The Regional Plan Update is a blueprint for the Tahoe Region’s sustainable future. […]
SACRAMENTO – Senator Ted Gaines (R–Rocklin) today stood with fellow legislative Republicans and California’s rural residents to announce Assembly Bill 1506 (R-Jeffries), a measure to repeal the fire tax. “This $150 fire tax is illegal and unfair – plain and simple,” said Gaines. “Many rural property owners already pay local fire agencies for protection so […]
Petersburg, Virginia, March 10, 2012…Hi, everybody. I’m speaking to you this week from a factory in Petersburg, Virginia, where they’re bringing on more than 100 new workers to build parts for the next generation of jet engines. It’s a story that’s happening more frequently across the country. Our businesses just added 233,000 jobs last month […]
South Tahoe, CA/NV…U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations on Kingsbury Grade near Andria Drive tomorrow, March 6, 2012. The size of the operation will depend on the condition of the area. Crews may continue operations through the week and possibly through the weekend, weather and conditions permitting. Residents and visitors […]
Washington, DC…Remarks of President Barack Obama’s Weekly Address, Saturday, March 3, 2012Hi, everybody. Earlier this week, I spent some time with the hardworking men and women of the American auto industry, who are busy writing a new chapter in America’s story. Just a few years ago, their industry was shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs. […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – U.S. Forest Service officers cited five local men last weekend for riding snowmobiles in the Mokelumne Wilderness on the Eldorado National Forest. The five riders, residents of South Lake Tahoe and the Carson Valley, received mandatory notices to appear before the federal magistrate in Sacramento. The wilderness area is accessed […]
Remarks of President Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery The White House Saturday, February 25, 2012 Hello, everybody. In the State of the Union, I laid out three areas we need to focus on if we’re going to build an economy that lasts: new American manufacturing, new skills and education for American workers, and new […]
SACRAMENTO – Senator Ted Gaines (R–Rocklin) today announced he has been appointed to serve as a member of both the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the Legislative Ethics Committee for the remainder of the 2011-12 legislative session. “I am honored to have been given these additional committee assignments in critical areas that affect the […]
Everet, WA…Remarks of President Barack Obama, Weekly Address from Everett, Washington. Hello, everybody. I’m speaking to you this week from the Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington. Boeing has been in this community for half a century. But it’s what they’re doing here today that has folks really excited; because at this plant they’re building the […]
Sacramento, CA…This month marks Presidents Day, and as we celebrate Lincoln’s birthday it’s timely that we look at the tax farce troubling his home state of Illinois. Last year, in a move that must have left legislative Democrats dizzy with admiration and envy, the Illinois legislature jacked personal income tax rates up by 67 percent […]
