Tahoe Truckee Region Local News: Business, Economy & Jobs


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06/09/2023
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With pandemic benefits ending, food banks have become supermarkets for thousands of Californians.

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06/09/2023
Last year, California created a $500 million program to help prepare students for careers. With the state facing a $31.5 billion budget deficit, lawmakers want to claw back $400 million of the program.

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06/08/2023
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Legislation to ban centuries-old system of discrimination divides South Asian community

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06/08/2023
Californians accused of crimes spend an average of five days waiting to see a lawyer. Shortening that time can help them keep their jobs, and spend less time in jail.

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06/07/2023
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California has banned use of race as a criterion in college admissions since 1996, but SCOTUS may go further.

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06/06/2023
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Newsom slammed the Florida governor and presidential hopeful as a "small, pathetic man."

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06/06/2023
In his May budget revise, Gov. Gavin Newsom pitched spending $250 million on infrastructure and transportation improvements in downtown Fresno. The money will fund much of the city’s decade-long revitalization plans to ultimately attract residential development.

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06/05/2023
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Developers use a loophole to push through thousands of new apartments.

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06/05/2023
Thousands of Californians who lost work during the pandemic are struggling with debt. A new settlement makes COVID rent relief available to tens of thousands of tenants.

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06/04/2023
In May, a video featured a young woman named Brooklyn imploring viewers to tell the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation about the importance of EarnIn, part of a relatively new app-based industry that provides cash advances to people based on their wages.

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06/02/2023
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Congress wants to beef up work requirements for people on assistance programs, but not this state.

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06/01/2023
The Waldorf Astoria team discussed special use permits needed for the project through Washoe County.

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06/01/2023
The deadline for bills to pass their first house in the California Legislature has come and gone. Most made it. A few failed. And a handful of intriguing bills that didn’t pass may resurface because their authors aren’t giving up.

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05/31/2023
Image for display with article titled California Inches Toward Renewable Energy Goal, But Still 13th Nationwide

In 2021, California drew 37 percent of its electricity from clean, renewable sources.

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05/31/2023
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Bill to slap new levy on Airbnb rentals could face vote as soon as May 31.

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05/31/2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom in March said state relief would soon help flood victims who don’t qualify for federal emergency relief. The state has yet to name nonprofits that will dole out the aid.

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05/31/2023
Workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and are enrolling in a college program have until June 15 to apply for a California relief grant to receive up to $2,500 as state lawmakers seek to cut programs to plug a budget hole.

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05/31/2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 341 into law, reinstating a moratorium on the expansion of cardrooms in the state.

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05/30/2023
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Chuckawalla Valley State Prison shutdown may cost hundreds of jobs.

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05/30/2023
Proposed cuts stemming from California’s budget deficit mean community colleges may be unable to improve AC and heating, make safety upgrades or follow through on major programs and infrastructure projects.