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2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 9th Congressional District Candidates Raised And Spent

May 4, 2020 8:13 pmMay 4, 2020 8:16 pm

The Stockton and San Joaquin County centered 9th Congressional District has had the unusual distinction of being both a reliable Democratic district and a district that always seems to be right on the edge of being overturned. Congressman Jerry McNerney...

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Agency Sued By Environmental Groups

March 21, 2020 7:48 am

One of the largest pollution controls districts in California received a lawsuit on Wednesday, charging the district with favoritism toward oil companies among other alleged wrongdoings. The national environmental advocacy group Clean Water Action joined with 5 local environmental groups...

CA Rep. Josh Harder supports another Democrat waterless water storage bill

March 21, 2020 2:20 amMarch 20, 2020 4:31 pm

HR 2473 is not targeted to benefit farmers but to provide public goods to constituencies of the Democrat Party: environmentalists, Indian tribes, scientists, fishing interests, rural immigrant enclaves with no water systems On March 11, 2020, Congressman Josh Harder...

Federal Court Dismisses Charges against Hamid Hayat

February 16, 2020 7:52 amFebruary 16, 2020 8:04 am

The case against Lodi man Hamid Hayat, convicted in 2006 on terrorism related charges and upheld in 2013 by the Ninth Circuit, are now being dismissed “due to the passage of time,” the office of U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott declared...

2020 March Primary Preview: 13th State Assembly District

January 29, 2020 6:27 pmJanuary 30, 2020 7:47 am

The 13th State Assembly District: The 13th Assembly District is comprised of the lion’s share of San Joaquin County. It’s Stockton, the suburbs, and a bit of the countryside. Ever since the 13th District was formed in 2012 it has...

CA Rep. Josh Harder Compares California Homeless Epidemic to a Natural Disaster to Receive FEMA Assistance

January 16, 2020 4:40 pmJanuary 17, 2020 4:16 pm

“Homelessness is an emergency. Let’s call it what it is,” Rep. Harder (D-CA) said in a statement Tuesday. “My bill will bridge the gap between the president and the governor and allow us to get the federal support we need...

BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019 10:36 amOctober 7, 2019 1:10 pm

The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...