High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. Farmers agree to tax those who deplete groundwater http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/conservative-farmers-agree-to-tax-those-who-deplete-groundwater Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater. No publisher Cally Carswell irrigation farm climate change San Luis Valley taxes aquifer groundwater drought agriculture 2013-04-23T16:32:03Z News Article Nevada, face down and flailing http://www.hcn.org/wotr/nevada-face-down-and-flailing Nevada is so broke that ideology has to bend: Taxes have become inevitable. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit anti-tax Nevada Tea Party Nevada Republican ideology taxes Nevada 2012-10-30T19:00:15Z News Article As goes Nevada, so goes the nation? http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.18/as-goes-nevada-so-goes-the-nation As Nevada sinks deeper into decline, party politics give way to pragmatism. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit 2012 election government austerity Greg Brower Shelley Berkley taxes Dean Heller Great Recession Nevada economy Nevada Sheila Leslie 2012-11-09T15:25:21Z News Article Saving open land — a taxing problem http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16415 In Missoula, Mont., and other Western communities, activists search for the winning formula to pass new open-space bonds in November No publisher Brianna Randall Politics Elections Land Use and Planning Open space bonds elections land use and planning ballot measures initiatives taxes Trust for Public Land Amanda Smith The Nature Conservancy mill levies property taxes Karen Messmer niche taxes Tim Raphael Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund 2011-11-21T22:27:10Z News Article On the ballot: Will Californians vote to build an off-ramp from the oil highway? http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16626 California’s Proposition 87 would tax oil produced in the state to raise money for the development of alternative fuels No publisher Matt Jenkins el ExxonMobil/Shell ballot initiatives Oil and Gas oil tax renewable energy California oil production California Proposition 87 Elections taxes Yusef Robb Al Lundeen Chevron Energy Alternative Program Authority California ethanol Politics No on 87 oil companies Yes on 87 Renewable 2010-09-23T23:21:59Z News Article Without big government, where would we be? http://www.hcn.org/wotr/without-big-government-where-would-we-be It's easy to get nostalgic about American life 100 years ago -- unless you think about what life was like back then, especially for women. No publisher Rich Wandschneider Title IX infant mortality taxes women's history federal government American history 2010-02-05T21:37:24Z News Article The decline of logging is now killing http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16963 Now that logging no longer provides enough money to support Oregon’s libraries, Pepper Trail says it’s up to citizens to decide to keep their state’s bookshelves filled and accessible. No publisher Pepper Trail public lands education Self-Determination tax base quality of life public libraries Logging communities Oregon socio-economics Communities Socio-economics books Forest Service taxes rural communities Bureau of Land Management logging communities Secure Rural Schools and Community budgets 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article Heard around the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15391 Remembering Hunter S. Thompson; out-of-doors Internet; Brian Schweitzer takes on D.C.; more realtors than realty in Vail, Colo.; Top 10 things about being a small-town teen; and Koko the talking ape gets nasty No publisher Betsy Marston Humor Western odd news Hunter S. Thompson Newsweek Aspen Woody Creek Colorado social commentary Internet taxes filing wireless camping Brian Schweitzer Washington D.C. Mike Leavitt Washington Post Vail real estate realtors p 2010-02-05T09:24:05Z News Article