It’s easy to get election fatigue in Nevada County. November isn’t that far in the past. You likely still remember the endless array of political advertisements fighting for your attention. And the sigh of relief […]
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Thomas Elias: Legal pot grows more popular, dangers disregarded
Billboards offering home delivery of legal marijuana decorate the streets of every major city in California. Licensed pot shops sporting green crosses are commonplace. Their owners lobby for reductions in sales, excise and cultivation taxes […]
5 candidates seek state Assembly District 1 seat; special election is Aug. 27
Five candidates are running for the state Assembly District 1 seat. Candidates for the office are Democrat Elizabeth Betancourt; and Republicans Megan Dahle, Patrick Henry Jones, Lane Rickard and Joseph Turner. Nevada County voters, along […]
‘Czar of pot’ professor emeritus dies at 68, remembered for public policy expertise
Rosanna Smart emailed Mark Kleiman, known in Washington, D.C., public policy circles as the “czar of pot,” asking him to sit on her dissertation panel on marijuana legalization. He agreed. Smart, now an associate economist […]