Democrats and Republicans on the House Agriculture committee remain at odds with each other over the nutrition title of the farm bill. As the committee scheduled the draft release today, ranking member Collin Peterson says the bill is in trouble, according to the Hagstrom Report. Peterson and committee Democrats previously vowed not to support…… MORE
Overall Crime Down In Fresno, Police Seeing Uptick In Car Break-ins
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Overall Crime is down in Fresno, but police are seeing more car break-ins. On Wednesday, Fresno’s Police Chief Jerry Dyer released crime watch trends for April 2018 which showed overall crime is continuing to drop in the city. Chief Dyer said there’s been a 30 percent reduction in shootings, year-to-date. There were…… MORE
California’s Big 11 Mayors Back Legislation For $1.5 Billion To Address Homeless Crisis
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – – Mayors from California’s 11 largest cities lobbied at the state Capitol on Wednesday, April 11 for AB 3171, which would allocate $1.5 billion from the state budget to cities addressing the growing homelessness crisis in California. “I am glad to join with my fellow mayors in a bipartisan effort to…… MORE
Farm Groups Outline Fake Meat Regulation Desires
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association submitted comments to the Department of Agriculture outlining key principles for the regulation of fake meat products. NCBA is requesting USDA to work with the Food and Drug Administration to “take appropriate, immediate enforcement action against improperly-labeled imitation products.” In its comments, NCBA stated the organization believes the term…… MORE
WATCH: Paul Ryan Won’t Seek Re-election
WASHINGTON (CNN) – House Speaker Paul Ryan is not seeking re-election and will retire from Congress after this year, his office announced Wednesday. [van id=”politics/2018/04/11/paul-ryan-not-seeking-re-election-gop-presser-sot.cnn”] “This morning Speaker Ryan shared with his colleagues that this will be his last year as a member of the House,” Ryan aide Brendan Buck said in a statement. “He…… MORE
Metropolitan Water District of So Cal Votes To Support Governor Brown’s California Waterfix
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – California’s largest water agency approved a nearly $11 billion plan Tuesday to help fund two enormous tunnels. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted 61% to 39% to support the California Waterfix in its entirety. The Department of Water Resources released a statement from Director Karla…… MORE
Email Threat To Mariposa County’s School District May Have Been From Known Hacker Group
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – An email threat to Mariposa County Unified School District may have been from a known hacker group. The Mariposa County Sheriff says the superintendent received an email Tuesday morning from an unknown person who threatened to bring a gun and bombs to the school to harm students and staff. The Sheriff…… MORE
Family On Calif. Road Trip Reported Missing
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Authorities say a family of four has been missing since last week while on a road trip from Portland, Oregon, to their home in Santa Clarita, California. San Jose police said Tuesday a relative called on April 8 to report the Thottapilly family missing. Police say the family was expected at…… MORE
NAFTA Talks Progressing
Trade officials from the U.S., Mexico and Canada are hopeful to reach a consensus on the North American Free Trade Agreement by early May. A trade negotiator from Mexico says “there’s a very high probability of reaching an agreement in principle,” within the next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trade leaders from…… MORE
Sup. Yovino Vows to Appeal Equal Pay Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The superintendent of a California school district says he will appeal a ruling in an equal pay lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court. The statement came Monday after an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in favor of a Fresno County school employee who said…… MORE
