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Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Congressman Rick Berg (R-ND) joined on Wednesday to introduce the Small Business Tax Simplification Act.
This legislation would allow businesses with up to $10 million in gross receipts to be eligible for a more simplified tax filing method with the Internal Revenue Service.
“This bill will do nothing to create jobs and adds $46 billion to the deficit,” said Thompson. “Instead of spending $46 billion of borrowed money on tax breaks we can't afford, we should help small businesses by investing in job creation so folks can afford the goods and services our small businesses provide.”
The Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) Tuesday adopted a resolution supporting the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area as it applies to the county.
A representative from Tuleyome, a volunteer nonprofit advocacy organization that aims to protect lands in the western Sacramento Valley and Inner Coastal Range, delivered a presentation on the proposed conservation area.
Sarah Husby-Good, Tuleyome executive director and campaign director, said more than 321,000 acres of federal public lands would be protected by the area.
Work is officially under way to ease the 6.3 miles of twists, turns and traffic congestion known as Jameson Canyon.
A crowd of local legislators â€" and a few protesters â€" gathered Wednesday morning near the roadway to break ground on the Caltrans-led Highway 12-Jameson Canyon Widening Project, which officials say will greatly improve the popular link between Napa County and Highway 80.