Gay Senator Comes Out As State Approves Same-Sex Marriage – Yahoo!

From Yahoo!: While the country waits for rulings from the Supreme Court on the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, states are rushing ahead to reform their own regulations on marriage. Several states have bills coming up on their legislative dockets that would allow gay couples…   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

San Francisco probes report Nevada dumped psychiatric patients

From Yahoo! News: By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s city attorney said on Monday he has opened an investigation into recent newspaper reports that a Nevada mental hospital was illegally busing hundreds of newly discharged psychiatric patients to California and other states. In a letter to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, City Attorney Dennis Herrera cited a Sacramento Bee investigative series documenting what it described as rampant   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Judge strikes down Nevada’s ‘none’ voting option – Yahoo! News

From Yahoo! News: A quirky Nevada law that Republicans feared could siphon votes from a disgruntled electorate and sway the outcome of close presidential and U.S. Senate races in the state was struck down Wednesday by a federal judge.   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Nevada issues nation’s first autonomous vehicle license to Google

The future is officially here. Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles has approved the nation’s first-ever autonomous vehicle license, clearing the way for similar licenses in other states. Not surprisingly, the first autonomous vehicle license we   Original post on leftlanenews.com    Comments on digg.com   

How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Global Taxes – US Business News – CNBC

With a handful of employees in a small office in Reno, Nevada, Apple has done something central to its corporate strategy: it has avoided millions of dollars in taxes in California and 20 other states. The NYT explains.   Original post on cnbc.com    Comments on reddit.com