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Thompson, Huffman Announce Nearly $10 Million for Santa Rosa Clean Buses from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 30, 2023

On June 26, Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced the City of Santa Rosa has received a $9,899,120 grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to put new American-built buses on the road and improve transit service in Santa Rosa

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Huffman, Padilla, Murkowski, Merkley Call for Gao to Study Inequitable Justice System Facing Tribal Nations in Different States

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 30, 2023

This week, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, sent a letter to the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) requesting they examine tribal criminal justice outcomes in states that have civil and criminal jurisdiction over Tribal lands – Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wisconsin – as compared to the rest of the country

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Thompson Releases Statement on One Year of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 29, 2023

On June 25, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chairman Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement to mark one year since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law

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Rep. Huffman Announces $41.4 Million to Help Put Better, Cleaner Buses on the Roads in Marin and Santa Rosa

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 29, 2023

Grants Come From President Joe Biden’s Landmark Infrastructure Law

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Thompson Releases Statement on One Year Since Dobbs v. Jackson Decision

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 27, 2023

On June 24, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement to mark one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped access to reproductive care away from millions of Americans

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Thompson, Newhouse, Padilla, Murray Introduce Legislation for Smoke-Exposed Winegrape Crop Loss Coverage

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 26, 2023

On June 22, Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation for winegrape crop loss coverage

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Wine Country Times area weekly mass times

By Wine Country Times | Jun 24, 2023

The following parishes in the Wine Country Times coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Rep. Jared Huffman Celebrates 2023 Congressional Art Competition Winner

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 24, 2023

This, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) welcomed the winner of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for California’s Second District, Trinity Bowie of Loleta, to the United States Capitol to celebrate her accomplishment

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Thompson-Smith Bill to Provide Relief to Employers Passed by House of Representatives

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 23, 2023

On June 21, the Employer Reporting Improvement Act – bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) – was passed by a strong, bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives

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Huffman Bill to Support Trinity Economy, Recreation Passes Natural Resources Committee

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 23, 2023

On June 21, Rep. Jared Huffman’s (D-San Rafael) legislation H.R. 3324 passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee

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Thompson Applauds Announcement of Over $600 Million in Funding for Climate Resilience

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 21, 2023

On June 20, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement after President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced over $600 million from the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is being rolled out to communities throughout California and across the country for climate resilience projects

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Wine Country Times area weekly mass times

By Wine Country Times | Jun 17, 2023

The following parishes in the Wine Country Times coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Thompson, Matsui, Schweikert, Johnson, Schatz, Wicker Introduce Telehealth Permanence Bill

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 16, 2023

On June 15, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Doris Matsui (CA-07), David Schweikert (AZ-01), Bill Johnson (OH-06), and Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MI) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral CONNECT for Health Act, legislation that would expand telehealthaccess for millions of Americans on Medicare

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Huffman, Gallagher, Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Incentivize Use of Soil Health Cropping Systems

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 16, 2023

Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Zach Nunn (R-IA) on June 15 introduced the Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies (NO EMITS) Act, a bill that would create incentives for producers to transition their farms to soil health cropping systems

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California Attorney General Bonta: 'State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy'

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 15, 2023

A group of 16 South American migrants who entered the U.S. through Texas, were allegedly flown via chartered plane to California and abandoned outside a church in Sacramento.

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Thompson, McBath, Clyburn, Jeffries Announce Gun Violence Prevention Legislation Strategy

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 15, 2023

On June 13, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force ChairmanRep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Task Force Vice Chair Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07), Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (SC-06), and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) announced a legislative strategy on gun violence prevention

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Reps. Huffman and Peters, Sens. Padilla and Feinstein Lead California Members Urging Epa to Tighten Air Quality Standards While Preserving the Use of Prescribed Burns for Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 15, 2023

As millions of Americans confront heavy wildfire smoke, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)—as well as Representative Scott Peters (D-Calif.-50) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)—led 21 of their colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging them to allow the deployment of prescribed fires as EPA tightens federal health-based air quality standards

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Sonoma County home prices rose in the second half of 2022

By Wine Country Times | Jun 14, 2023

The median sale price of a home sold in the second half of 2022 in Sonoma County rose by $54,000 while total sales decreased by 48%.

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Sonoma County home prices fell in Q1

By Wine Country Times | Jun 14, 2023

The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2023 in Sonoma County fell by $8,000 while total sales decreased by 43.8%.

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Sonoma County home prices rose in 2022

By Wine Country Times | Jun 14, 2023

The median sale price of a home sold in 2022 in Sonoma County rose by $70,000 while total sales decreased by 36.7%.