By Tom Knudson / Sacramento Bee / April 29, 2012 First of three parts The day began with a drive across the desert, checking the snares he had placed in the sagebrush to catch coyotes. Gary Strader, an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, stepped out of his truck near a ravine in Nevada…
Mayor Brandon Johnson presents $16.6 billion 2024 city budget to the City Council. His supporters will have to settle for a downpayment on the spending front. And they’ll need to wait a while for the tax burden to be shifted to businesses and wealthy Chicagoans.
Louisiana’s hot and humid summers create the perfect breeding ground for disease-carrying mosquitoes, which are not just nuisances but can be deadly. Mosquitoes can carry serious viruses such as Zika, West Nile, and Chikungunya, as well as diseases like dengue and malaria, according to the CDC. Several of these diseases were considered to be eradicated.