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Hundreds of thousands of undocumented farmworkers could see a new path to legalization under the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill presented in the House Judiciary Committee this week.
Proponents of the bill say the legislation will help address a severe worker shortage in agriculture, while granting more stability and security to those working in the fields.
WASHINGTON — NATO allies worried U.S. President Donald Trump will abandon the Open Skies Treaty have been told the administration views the arms control agreement as a danger to U.S. national security, and that unless those nations can assuage such concerns, the U.S. will likely pull out, Defense News has learned.
As a pharmacist, I've seen incredible advancements in medicine in my lifetime.
Over the course of my career, I saw the creation and evolution of truly life-changing treatments for patients who would have been without hope when I first started in the profession.
However, if the life-saving medication is not affordable, it does no good for the patients who desperately need it. That is why I believe Congress needs to be laser focused on lowering the costs of prescription drugs.
MONTEREY – Passed on an 18-12 vote of the House Judiciary Committee, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill spearheaded by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, and five others, has been recommended for a full vote of the U.S. House of Representatives.
SANTA CRUZ — Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, introduced legislation Tuesday to create a tax credit to encourage transit agencies to use zero-emission buses.
The Green Bus Tax Credit Act would apply a 10% manufacturer's tax credit for electric and hydrogen fuel-cell buses. The tax credit is an incentive to purchase zero-emission buses by reducing the amount of income tax transit agencies will owe the state.
The House of Representatives is pushing back this week against the Trump administration's under-the-radar efforts to pull the United States out of the Open Skies Treaty.
The withdrawal would permanently ground two Offutt-based jets associated with the pact.
Panetta seeks new designation for coastal universities on the frontlines of climate change
For-profit hospice providers were more likely to discharge Medicare beneficiaries prior to their death and were less likely to visit these patients in the last three days of life.
WATSONVILLE—As the steeple bells of St. Patrick's Cathedral struck 10 Monday morning, a group of former military members began a march from the church's parking lot to the Watsonville Veterans Memorial Building, a tradition that heralds in the annual Veteran's Day ceremony.
Dozens of people lined the streets to pay their respect to the two-dozen marchers, waving miniature U.S. flags and applauding as they passed.
SANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz fulfilled a longtime ambition this week as it joined an exclusive club of powerhouse research universities.
The Santa Cruz campus was among three universities invited to join the Association of American Universities, the association announced Wednesday. Dartmouth College and the University of Utah also accepted invitations to join.