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The North Bay Water Reuse Authority was one of eight construction projects in California to receive federal funding under the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program. The Bureau of Reclamation anticipates NBWRA will be awarded $1.29 million, earned in part because of the high benefits to the community expected to result from the project.
North Coast residents hit the phone lines in droves Wednesday night, with thousands participating in Rep. Mike Thompson's telephone town hall meeting on senior issues.
In all, more than 16,000 residents from Thompson's 1st Congressional District dropped in on his phone forum, said Caroline Hogan, Thompson's communications director.
Speaking with senior citizens across his district, Rep. Mike Thompson warned Wednesday that Medicare is “under attack” by Republicans.
With the national debt crisis dominating headlines, North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson held a telephone town hall meeting on senior issues with his constituents Wednesday and pledged to protect Medicare and Social Security.
Nonprofit conservation organizations could potentially use bonds to buy private, working forests for sustainable harvesting if Congress adopts a bipartisan bill introduced last week.
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson of California and Dave Reichert of Washington submitted the bill in hopes of providing a way to both protect land and allow timber harvesting to continue.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St.Helena, will be holding a telephone town hall meeting on senior issues for district residents at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Thompson will be joined by Nora Super, the AARP's director of federal government affairs, health and family, to discuss the GOP proposal to overhaul Medicare, the future of health care reform and other issues important to California seniors.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, will hold a telephone town hall meeting on senior issues for his North Coast constituents at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Congressmen Mike Thompson and Jim Gerlach have introduced the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, landmark legislation that would provide family farmers, ranchers, and other moderate-income landowners with a permanent incentive to donate development rights to their land.
By providing tax benefits to landowners who choose conservation, the bill would help preserve our nation's cher