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September 18, 2018

Veterans Resource Centers can be found on college campuses across the nation, but funding for them is scarce. A bill in Congress could change that.

Army veteran Gilbert Bernabe is not your traditional college student. He served in both Iraq and Afghanistan before starting work on his bachelor's degree. By then, he was 35 and going through a divorce.

He credits support from on campus Veterans Resource Centers at Hartnell College and Cal State Monterey Bay for keeping him on track. He graduates this semester.


September 17, 2018

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Marina >> The Veteran Resource Center at CSU Monterey Bay might be getting some financial help in the near future from federal government grants that have been proposed.


September 17, 2018

MONTEREY, Calif. - Un veterano latino de Salinas que sirvió en la guerra de Irak dos veces ahora esta estudiando para ser un trabajador social y es uno de 100 alumnos veteranos en la Universidad Estatal de la Bahía de Monterey, la cual podría beneficiarse de un nuevo proyecto de ley llamada HR-67- 66.

"Estoy muy contento con la presentación de Jimmy Panetta," dijo José Luis Ramírez.

Quien asegura que varias de las instituciones educativas no ofrecen suficientes servicios para estudiantes como él.


September 15, 2018

First term Congressman Jimmy Panetta is well known on Capitol Hill for being a principled and pragmatic lawmaker who regularly puts policy over politics. This week, he is back in California's 20th District on the Central Coast, living up to his reputation by addressing one of our country's most overlooked issues – veterans' education.


September 6, 2018

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced resolutions to Congress on Thursday expressing their support for renaming the NATO headquarters in Brussels after the late Senator John McCain.


September 6, 2018

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a resolution Thursday to support renaming the new NATO headquarters in Brussels for the late senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), in recognition of his "long and ironclad support" for the alliance.


September 6, 2018

Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress introduced a resolution Thursday to support the effort to name NATO's new headquarters after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died late last month after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.


September 6, 2018

As if newspapers didn't already have it rough enough, they got caught in the middle of President Donald Trump's trade war. Higher tariffs on Canadian newsprint manufacturers took effect in January. On Aug. 2, the U.S. Department of Commerce reviewed and greenlighted the tariffs, though at a lower level (16.88 percent, down from 22) and on just one Canadian company, Catalyst. Members of Congress urged the International Trade Commission to overturn the tariff, and in an Aug.


September 2, 2018

Hundreds of aspiring farmers headed to the Monterey County Fair Saturday morning to auction livestock and later enjoy festivities during the week-long event.

More than 200 students participated, including high school students from seven different Future Farmers of America organizations as well as students of all ages from approximately 15 4-H groups.

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta and Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal assisted in the fair's Junior Livestock Auction that featured more than 110 pigs, 49 lamb, 25 goats and 21 steers.

Issues: Agriculture

August 30, 2018

Managing student loans just got worse for students who attended now-defunct Heald College in Salinas. On July 31, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed a $12.7 billion rollback in debt relief for defrauded students.