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Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, is gathering health and business experts to spread the word about the Affordable Care Act with a series of town hall-style meetings, beginning with an event in Santa Rosa last Friday for small businesses and nonprofits.
The Pathway Home and other centers treating military service members with combat-related brain injuries could become eligible for new federal funding under a congressional bill approved by the House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Thompson announced Thursday.
Solano County's biggest conservation group is cheering a bipartisan push to continue a tax deduction for landowners who chose not to develop their property.
The current federal tax incentive for preserving farmlands and open spaces is set to expire at year's end, creating uncertainty for ranchers considering establishing a conservation easement.
Yesterday I joined my colleague from Texas, Gene Green in introducing H.R. 2791, the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act (RERA) of 2013. This bipartisan legislation promotes the U.S. recycling industry by prohibiting the exportation of some electronics whose improper disposal may create environmental, health, or national security risks.
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Jim Gerlach (R-PA) on Tuesday announced that they will introduce the bipartisan Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013.
The legislation provides a permanent tax incentive to family farmers, ranchers, and other landowners who chose not develop their land and instead preserve their property for conservation.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and a Napa County rancher testified before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday in support of Thompson's proposal to designate 350,000 acres of Northern California wilderness as a national conservation area.
Today I joined my Republican colleague from Pennsylvania, Jim Gerlach, in announcing that we will introduce the bipartisan Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013. The legislation provides a permanent tax incentive to family farmers, ranchers, and other landowners who chose not develop their land and instead preserve their property for conservation.