There was no shortage of reaction to the weekend vote to keep the US government from shutting down. Rep. David Valadao joined KMJ’s Broeske & Musson and voiced support for embattled Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy Rep. John Duarte also backed Rep. McCarthy while lamenting the failure of Congress to act on the border…… MORE
Legislation Would Require Crop Insurance Transparency
Looking for less secrecy in the Crop Insurance Program, representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced the Crop Insurance Transparency Act. If passed, it would require USDA to publicly disclose the names of producers and insurers who receive federal crop insurance subsidies and the amount received. “At a time when federal crop insurance…… MORE
Homicide Investigation Underway in Madera County
MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is now investigating a suspicious death in the area of La Vina as a homicide. Just after 9 a.m. Sunday, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a dead adult male at a migrant labor community on Avenue 9 and Road 24. Deputies…… MORE
Newsom Picks Laphonza Butler to Replace Feinstein in Senate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In choosing Butler on Sunday, Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if Feinstein’s seat…… MORE
Rep. Gaetz Will Try to Oust McCarthy as Speaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in “brazen,…… MORE
Tulare Co. Shooting & Carjacking Suspect Nabbed
TULARE, COUNTY (KMJ) – Tulare County Sheriffs detectives have arrested a man wanted for brazen shooting at a gas station in Orosi last April. Investigators say 19 year old Jose Armas was also wanted for a the shooting of a dropout gang member and carjacking in Ivanhoe two weeks ago. Detectives arrested Armas at a…… MORE
Min. Wage for Calif. Fast Food Workers Hiked to $20
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state’s Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households. When it takes effect on April 1, fast food…… MORE
Sen. Dianne Feinstein 1933-2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her…… MORE
Fed EPA Versus eBay
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice filed a complaint against eBay. The complaint alleges eBay allows the unlawful selling of pesticides, violating the Clean Air Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, commonly known as FIFRA and the Toxic Substances Control Act. FIFRA prohibits the unlawful distribution or sale of unregistered, misbranded,…… MORE
GOP Calls on Newsom to Convene Special Session to Suspend Gas Tax
September 28, 2023 The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor Dear Governor Newsom, Gas prices are once again soaring, and Californians are paying $2 more per gallon than the rest of the country. Drivers are spending more than $100 each month just on gas. This elevated energy cost cuts into family’s already strained budgets. We ask you…… MORE
