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Guest Commentary – Your Voice is Needed: Vote to Kill Homelessness Measure is Tuesday
By Joshua Wood | Executive Director, Region Business | If you want to save our City from skyrocketing homelessness, please read this message! We are headed into some defining days for the City on Sacramento and, frankly the region. As you know, homelessness is skyrocketing in Sacramento and destroying our City and
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Black Swans in Elk Grove – Two years can make a real difference in politics
In the last few years, the term Black Swan Events has not only entered the vernacular but has also been experienced globally. While Wall Street types like the term to describe financial events, Black Swan Events can loosely be described as occurrences that have unanticipated effects. In the last two
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Politicians punch holes in California’s sunshine laws
By Dan Walters | CalMatters.org IN SUMMARY The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually every aspect of our lives, mostly in the negative, and one effect is disconnecting California’s public officials from their constituents. Local and state agencies, including the Legislature, shifted meetings from in-person venues to on-line substitutes,
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State’s wimpy plan to cut pollution needs muscle
By By Dan Becker & Scott Hochberg | Special to CalMatter.org Deadly fires, persistent drought, extreme floods and lost homes are part of the California Legislature’s stark forecast for the effects of climate change. And the U.S. Supreme Court has just hobbled the federal government’s ability to
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Elk Grove News Minute Podcast – The future of our democracy as we have known it, is at risk
Republican are expected to retake Congress during the mid-terms. The party in the Whitehouse usually loses seat. But not always. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute mid-week edition – We do nothing as we tear apart our society
The Independence Day killing of six people in Highland Park, Illinois was another in a long-series of domestic terrorism. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove News Minute – The U.S. Supreme Court is intent on a dystopian future for Americans
Thank you for listening to Elk Grove News Minute, which with this edition, we celebrate our fifth anniversary. Listen Time 1 Minute
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More Than Three Minutes Podcast – Is Elk Grove really a city of compassion?
By Lynn Wheat | In January 2022, the Elk Grove City Council adopted a charter for compassion. How compassionate has the city been in following through on this commitment? Listen Time 6 minutes
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Extended Elk Grove News Minute – The Elk Grove City Council sees fit to laugh it up
Everyone loves a good laugh. But sometimes excessive laughter is inappropriate. Over the last 18 months there has been a disturbing trend on the Elk Grove City Council. Listen Time 2 Minutes
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Two New Puppets on a String – Elk Grove News Minute podcast
With most votes counted, it is apparent Elk Grove City Council members Stephanie Nguyen and Pat Hume will advance to the November election. Listen Time 1 Minute
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For Elk Grove, two new puppets on a string – Elk Grove News Minute podcast
With most votes counted, it is apparent Elk Grove City Council members Stephanie Nguyen and Pat Hume will advance to the November election. Listen Time 1 Minute