Nevada County Business, Economy & Jobs Digest

The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce announced the 2024 Business & Community Award winning individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the community.

The California economy continues to grow, now ranking as the fourth-largest on the planet.

From higher costs to export worries, California’s agricultural and wine industries face many possible tariff effects. But some hope for opportunity.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit Wednesday, saying the tariffs hurt “states, consumers and businesses.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee spiked a bill to let wildfire victims sue oil companies over climate change. Labor unions, not Big Oil, led the opposition.

After a three day hearing this week, State Farm is one step closer to approval for a rate hike on its California customers.

California Democrats are backing a legislative proposal that would allow gig workers to form unions. Expect big pushback from companies like Uber, Lyft and Doordash.

The stock market selloff that followed President Trump’s latest tariff announcement underscored the “unprecedented” risk that California pension funds see in a potential trade war.

It’s hard to find the disciplinary history of for-profit colleges regulated by California. CalMatters is making it easier.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has regularly worked side jobs at Bay Area nonprofits to earn extra income because he says the state pay is insufficient.

Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers seek back pay, damages in wage claims they filed with California before industry-backed gig worker law took effect.

In their March 25 meeting, the Grass Valley City Council discussed a commissioned report on options and policies to address the lack of parking and parking enforcement in the downtown area.

As businesses like SpaceX and Amazon seek to undo the National Labor Relations Board, California unions are trying a novel tactic to preserve labor organizing rights.

When Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara testified about California’s property insurance market before the Assembly’s insurance committee this week, he mentioned a recent trip to Bermuda — somewhat defensively.

In a March 21 statement, California Attorney General Rob Bonta reminded customers of struggling genetic testing corporation 23andMe of their right to demand the company delete their data to prevent it being sold.

The permit lays the groundwork toward a driverless taxi service. Tesla has said it will launch such a service in Austin, Texas in June.

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.

Read on to learn more about the call for vendors of the first ever Fighting Hunger Flea Market coming April 26 to benefit the Food Bank of Nevada County.

Read on for more information about the Nevada County Schools Job Fair scheduled for March 29 in Grass Valley.

AI can help businesses charge you more based on how it evaluates your personal history and desires. California lawmakers want to end that price discrimination.

California Assembly Bill 247 would significantly raise the hourly wage of inmate firefighters. Read on to learn more.

The governor’s announcement affects most of the state workforce and will take effect on July 1.

Read on for details about a report on the 2-year Yolo County Basic Income Program which ended in April 2024.

California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been stalled because it lacks ”clarity.” The new standard, which offers incentives for cleaner fuels, is highly controversial because it would raise gas prices.

The timing could not have been better — or worse.

California lawmakers are rushing to fix last year’s controversial changes to the state’s lemon law, which critics say weakened protections for car buyers.

A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers.

Against the recommendation of his staff experts, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara denied a request from State Farm to green light “emergency” rate increases for insurance policy holders.

After a 2022 CalMatters series documenting long waits and low payouts for workers who claim their employers have shorted them on wages, California lawmakers have now proposed bills to try to ease the backlogs.

CHRIS BENNER AND MANUEL PASTOR have had front row seats to the changes taking place in the so-called Lithium Valley, the region around the Salton Sea, where a network of companies have hatched a plan for local and state government entities to mine vast quantities of lithium to use in the batteries that power electric vehicles.

Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.