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In just a few days, you will start receiving information about the United States Census in your mailbox.
Please don't throw this information away. It may look like junk mail, but completing the census form is one of the most important ways you can help our community this month.
The Census is an important part of our democracy. Every 10 years it takes a snapshot of our population.
This is not an optional exercise, but something that is mandated by our Constitution.
The Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, H.R. 4626, would subject health insurance companies to federal antitrust laws, holding them to the same standards as everyone else.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein ignited a firestorm among fellow California Democrats on Thursday as word spread of her proposal to divert Northern California water to Central Valley farmers.
Feinstein wants to attach the proposal as an amendment to a fast-tracked Senate jobs bill. She is pitching the plan as a jobs measure to address the economic calamity in the Central Valley. It would increase farm water allocations from 10 percent last year to 40 percent this year and next, an amount that farmers say is the bare minimum they need.
During the hour long meeting, Thompson gave a brief speech and took questions from the audience covering a mix of local and national issues.
During his speech, Thompson praised the current congress as a group that had tackled hard issues and worked harder than people realized.
Congressman Mike Thompson was the sponsor for the Willits hospital funding and for $350,000 set aside for St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
This is the second year money has been earmarked for the new hospital with $190,000 included in the 2009 fiscal year's budget.
UC Davis has received a federal grant of $2.5 million through the Department of Energy for its on-going West Village Project, a mixed housing and commercial development now under construction.
The funding was made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was supported by area Congressional representatives Doris Matsui and Mike Thompson.