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March 21, 2015
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Vallejo's volunteer of the year, Karen Taylor, is being honored with yet another award for her community work: Congressman Mike Thompson has selected Taylor as Solano County's Woman of the Year.

Taylor and four other women from Thompson's congressional district were brought together in a ceremony Saturday afternoon in Rutherford, celebrating their individual work within their county.


March 20, 2015
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Two Sonoma Valley projects will benefit from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants to restore river habitat and improve water quality in Sonoma and Napa counties.


March 16, 2015
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Community Action Partnership, the Santa Rosa-based nonprofit organization, received a $5 million grant that will allow it to continue to promote school readiness among low-income children.


March 14, 2015
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Saturday was a morning of plenty of prayers and — hopefully for the Global Success Center — plenty of money.

With a mission statement of teaching life skills, personal growth, health, wellness and employment, the Mare Island nonprofit again benefitted from the Mayor's Annual Prayer Breakfast at Dan Foley Cultural Center.


March 6, 2015
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Vallejo's Springstowne Post Office will officially be renamed for the late Philmore Graham on March 14, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced.

The event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.


March 6, 2015
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Everything costs more in the Bay Area, which is why one-size-fits-all subsidies under the new health care law are leaving too many still unable to afford health insurance, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson says. It's why he and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Silicon Valley) reintroduced a bill on Friday to address this.


March 5, 2015
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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson was appointed by Speaker of the House John Boehner to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, Thompson's office announced Thursday. Thompson also announced on Thursday a Department of Health and Human Services Grant to Napa County's Child Start of more than $1.4 million.


March 5, 2015
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Thompson announced a $1,411,750 Department of Health and Human Services grant to Napa County's Child Start.

The goal of the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant is to expand high quality early learning opportunities for Napa and Solano Counties' most vulnerable infants and toddlers.


March 4, 2015
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was back on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge Congress to expand gun control laws and require background checks for all commercial gun sales.

"Now is the time to come together and be responsible. Democrats, Republicans, everyone," she said. "We must never stop fighting. Fight! Fight! Fight!"


March 4, 2015
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Republican gun reformers aren't expecting any support from leadership on legislation to expand background checks for all commercial gun sales reintroduced in the House on Wednesday.