At its upcoming May 24, 2011, meeting, the Placer County Board of Supervisors will hear an update on negotiations with the Placer County Fair Association, which manages the County fairgrounds in Roseville. At the meeting, staff expects to receive Board and community input. There has been significant progress made in crafting a new agreement between […]
Washoe County has passed it’s budget for next year which is about 21% less than just five years ago. Since 2007, the county has reduced spending by $154 million and has eliminated 769 jobs in response to the recession. Reductions have come from department budget cuts, use of one-time reserves, and employee wage and benefit […]
Gold Run, CA…Emergency crews are responding to three traffic collisions in the Gold Run area on I80. Roads are bad due to weather. Please try to avoid the area if at all possible.
Placer County is looking to fill a vacancy on the Weimar-Applegate-Colfax Municipal Advisory Council. Community members interested in filling the vacancy are invited to fill out applications for county review. Fifth District Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery will review the applications and ask the full Board of Supervisors to confirm her recommendation for the vacant position. […]
Washoe County Commissioners approved a $311 million general fund budget today for the 2011-12 fiscal year that is about 21% less than the county’s 2007-08 budget and reduces costs enough to close the $31.3 million deficit projected for the coming year. However, the approved budget does not reflect any impact the 2011 Legislative Session may […]
SACRAMENTO — Senator Ted Gaines (R-Roseville) today issued the following statement regarding the release of Governor Brown’s revised budget. “Today, the Governor issued a revised May budget that goes too far on taxes and not far enough on reforms. The Governor has proposed increased spending, perpetuating the ‘tax, tax, tax’ philosophy that puts government […]
SACRAMENTO – Beth Gaines, R-Roseville, today issued the following statement in response to Governor Brown’s May Budget Revision: “Families here in Northern California are making cuts to their budgets, food and gas prices are out of control and the Governor still wants to tax us and expand our government. Hardworking taxpayers should not have to […]
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today unveiled a revised state budget that reduces by nearly $3 billion the amount of taxes needed to balance the budget, spurs job creation through new tax incentives and pays off most of the $34.7 billion debt built up over the last decade. “California’s economy is growing, but […]
Washington, DC…Today, the United States will reach the statutory debt limit. Secretary Geithner sent the following letter to Congress this morning alerting them to actions that have be taken to create additional headroom under the debt limit so that Treasury can continue funding obligations made by Congresses past and present. The Secretary declared a “debt […]
Jerusalem…Palestinians, Syrians, Hizballah and more staged a three pronged attempt at large scale border incursions. Israel is ground zero for the latest unrest in the Middle East today. The border crossings have been reported in the Golan Heights, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. In some cases demonstrators have planted Syrian and Palestinian Flags… There was […]
