In the 1990s Storey County was little more than an expanse of sparsely populated desert in Northern Nevada. Now it’s home to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, billed as the world’s largest industrial park, with over 140 tenants, including...
NV Tax Commission Approves Final Regulations The NEVADA Tax Commission approves final regulations for the Silver State’s nascent recreational marijuana industry. The 258 pages of regulations must still be endorsed by the Nevada Legislative Commission...
Anyone who has covered California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) for any length of time – which I have – knows he takes a lot of pleasure at times in verbally jousting with the press...or anyone else in his path when the mood strikes him. Old timers...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FREES UP CHIP MONEY FOR FIVE STATES Since Congress failed to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), providing health care for children from low-income families that don’t qualify for Medicaid, the Trump...
Fake news on the Internet or social media is one thing, but tacked directly to your door? As the Vancouver Columbian reports , that’s exactly what happened recently in Vancouver, Washington, where some residents woke up to find a letter tacked to...
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed legislation last week that promises up to $1 billion in new investments in communities, workforce training, and innovation across the Bay State. The legislation ( HB 4565 ) also implements a number of elements...
A federal judge has ordered the state of Wisconsin to investigate reports that employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles have been misleading people trying to obtain state-issued identification to vote. U.S. Western District Judge James Peterson issued...
California Vetoes AB 1594 CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) vetoes AB 1594 , which would have barred all tobacco and e-cigarette products from California State University and community college campuses. Brown said colleges are capable of making their...
San Jose, California’s third-largest city by population, and dozens of other cities and counties across the state, have banned sales of marijuana ahead of a Nov. 8 vote on whether to legalize pot for recreational use. If passed - which appears likely...
Like most states, Hawaii has an enterprise zone program which grants businesses that set up operations in economically depressed areas sizeable tax breaks in return for creating jobs where they’re needed most. But a law passed by the state’s...
OR Tax Refund Kicking In OREGON will give taxpayers $402 million in rebates on their 2015 returns, thanks to the state’s kicker law, which requires the state to give taxpayers their money back whenever revenues exceed the forecast made at the...
California Approves SB 54 The CALIFORNIA Senate approves SB 54 , so-called “sanctuary state” legislation that would bar state and local law enforcement from using their resources to assist federal officials in immigration enforcement. The...
Minnesota Approves HB 2 The MINNESOTA House approves HB 2, a bill that would, among several things, minimize the use of a teacher’s seniority when school districts make layoff decisions. It moves to the Senate (DAILY NEWS [BRECKENRIDGE]). ...
On the off chance there was a competition to name the worst ballot measure of the year, we may already have the winner. As AFP reports, a California lawyer recently submitted a ballot measure proposal that would require LGBT residents to “be put...
The ARKANSAS House approves HB 1087, legislation that would among several things allow employers to “friend” or connect to their employees on social media. The bill, which would also exempt summer camps and other organizations responsible...
A law on the books in Kansas requires the state to end each year with a budget balance equal to 7.5 percent of expenditures as a cushion against revenue fluctuations. But the state’s lawmakers often ignore that law. In fact, the state began the...
As an incumbent, OREGON Gov. Kate Brown wasn’t expecting to have too tough of a primary opponent. But she probably never expected to face something like this. As Willamette Week reports , Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Dave Stauffer proposed a...
IL Gov. Rauner, Lawmakers Expand Medical Pot ILLINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) and legislative leaders agreed to a compromise to extend and expand the Prairie State’s pilot medical marijuana program. Under the agreement, the program will continue...
NC Gov Signs HB 972 NORTH CAROLINA Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signs HB 972 , which says footage from police body and dash cameras is not public record. Peripherally, the measure also allows government and private organizations to operate programs allowing...
KANSAS Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signs legislation barring Sunflower State agencies from conducting studies or doing other work toward complying with federal regulations meant to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions from power plants until...
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) called last week for major drug sentencing reforms, including reclassifying several nonviolent offenses as misdemeanors and eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for narcotics possession. The proposal would also...
MASSACHUSETTS Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signs HB 4568 , a wide ranging energy bill that, among several things, directs utilities to procure 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind, 1,200 megawatts of hydroelectric power from sources outside the Bay State, promotes...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a good fish tail to tell this week. Or he did until he made the mistake of talking about it on social media. As AOL News reports , the governor and his brother Chris, an anchor with CNN, went fishing last weekend off of...
Most of us have heard the goofy song “Hang On Sloopy,” from The McCoys, an Ohio-based band who turned it into their lone hit way back in 1965. The song, which had been released a year earlier by a band called the Vibrations under the title...
If, like many of us, you don’t really function well without at least one and probably two large cups of coffee in the morning – one at breakfast and one more in the car on the way in to the office – then you may want to steer clear of...