Local Govt & Politics
State needs to fill hundreds of jobs
The state government is having trouble filling more than 1400 jobs on it’s website One issue may be a perception of low pay for government workers or that there is a pay freeze on. To make the process easier, testing hours in Carson Cityare being expanded, and applicants face fewer ...
Washoe County Fire services final budget gets approval
RENO -- After more than two years of financial uncertainty due to the Great Recession, loss of $7 million in revenues and the dire prospect of Truckee Meadows and Sierra Fire Protection Districts' fire station closures, the new TMFPD/SFPD Consolidated Fire District is now financially sustainable. Earlier today the Washoe ...
BLOG: Candidates who speak with forked tongues
The voting public generally believes that all politicians lie, but few politicians go as far as Nevada Assemblyman Scott Hammond (R-Las Vegas) in justifying that belief. In a recent mailer for his campaign to move up to the state senate, Hammond - a public school teacher - wrote the following: ...
Young veterans searching for work after serving the country deserve support
During Shaun Clark’s time in the U.S. Army, he was deployed as airborne infantry to Afghanistan, Iraq and to Haiti after the earthquake. He’s experienced more in three years than most of us will in a lifetime. At 21, he’s back home and asking: Now what? That’s the question facing ...
BLM public land passes being offered free to military personnel at Fallon festival
Carson City -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District will distribute the new military version of the America the Beautiful Recreational Pass on May 19, at the Spring Wings Festival in Fallon, Nev. The festival is located at the Churchill County Fairgrounds Complex, off Sheckler Road ...
Realtors protest against housing market crisis
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of realtors gathered for a protest Thursday afternoon in Washington to voice their disgust with the bad state of the housing market. The rally outside the Washington Monument included a contingent from Reno. The industry is urging congress for new law to boost the still-decimated local housing ...
Nevada to receive grant to help establish affordable insurance exchange
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Wednesday that Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington will receive more than $181 million in grants to help implement the new health care law. The grants will help states establish affordable insurance exchanges. Starting in 2014, affordable insurance ...
Local groups partner to provide for foster children
RENO -- It’s My Community Store and iFoster support National Foster Care Month by kicking off The Back to School Project, a fundraiser that provides free back-to-school kits and supplies to underprivileged, displaced and foster children throughout Nevada, California and Idaho. National Foster Care Month is dedicated to the more ...
Presidential race gets local focus as Obama, Romney supporters weigh in on jobs, deficit
CARSON CITY -- While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama were campaigning elsewhere today, Nevada Democrats and Republicans took up the battle for the presidency on their behalf. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., held a telephone conference call to talk up Romney’s credentials as a “turnaround specialist” who will get the country ...
Washoe Co commissioners review recommended final budget for 2012-13
RENO -- The Washoe County budget is one step closer to becoming final for the next fiscal year (FY 12/13) after a recommended final budget was presented to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday during the scheduled Board meeting. Washoe County is forecasting a decrease in revenue from all ...
Advertisement
Ads By Google
Advertisement
Links We Like
© 2012 Cox Media Group. By using this website,
you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices
.
