Notice of Close of Voter Registration for Primary Election

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that registration for the PRIMARY ELECTION to be held on the 10th day of June 2014, will close on Tuesday the 20th day of May 2014. If you are not currently registered in Humboldt County, you must register by

Meet Vance Alm, M.D. – Candidate for United States Congress

This voting season, Northern Nevada has only one federal level election – Nevada’s Congressional District 2, which encompasses most of Northern Nevada. Dr. Vance Alm, who currently practices family medicine in Sparks, Nevada, is also a military veteran, serving four years enlisted

The Economic Costs of Inaction on Immigration Reform

Last June, the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill that would grow our economy and shrink the deficit. But without action from the House to move forward in the last year, our country is losing out on these economic gains.

It’s Decision-Making Time

— Brian Dempsey, Candidate for U.S. Representative (NV-CD2) As you all know it is about 6 weeks until early voting for the Primary Election begins (May 24th thru June 6th).  That means its decision time for the Democrats to decide which of the

President Obama: “When women succeed, America succeeds.”

Kay Morrison is 90 years old. And in 1943, when she worked as a journeyman welder on the assembly line at Kaiser Shipyard #2 in Richmond, California, she earned the same wage as the man working the graveyard shift alongside her. As

HHS announces important Medicare information for people in same-sex marriages

04/03/2014 Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is now able to process requests for Medicare Part A and Part B Special Enrollment Periods, and reductions in Part B and premium Part A

The Ryan Budget Is a Broken Record of Failed Trickle-Down Economics

By Anna Chu and Harry Stein For the past three years, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been trotting out the same conservative, top-down policies that have failed the nation’s middle- and working-class families, seniors, and the economy. The House

FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES: Stealing America’s Future

David Halperin, Stealing America’s Future, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss what’s happening with for-profit colleges. As the cost of a higher education goes up – more and more Americans are turning to for-profit colleges to get what they think is more bang