Nov 13, 2019 | Federal Government
Two Trump district court nominees, a partner at Milbank and a state court judge who would help alleviate emergency shortages of federal judges in California, cruised through their confirmation hearing Nov. 13. Source: Two Trump Picks Would Help Ease California...
Nov 13, 2019 | Federal Government
On December 19, 1998, the day House Republicans impeached President Bill Clinton, he recorded his highest-ever score in Gallup’s presidential approval poll: 73 percent favorable. Source: What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP –...
Nov 11, 2019 | Federal Government
Westlands Water District, a sprawling Central Valley farm district with ties to the Trump administration, is poised to get a permanent contract for a massive quantity of cheap federal irrigation supplies. Source: Westlands Water District could get big federal water...
Nov 11, 2019 | Federal Government
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) last week announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that advances federal collaboration on funding for water supply and water reuse projects nationwide. Source: EPA, Bureau...
Nov 8, 2019 | Federal Government
For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump inaccurately attributed California’s rash of wildfires to poor forest management. He also falsely said other states don’t have “close to the level of burn” as California. Source: Trump Again...
Nov 6, 2019 | Federal Government
Public lands near Jalama Beach, Lake Cachuma, and Cate School are now under threat of drilling and fracking. Source: Trump Opens Up 122,000 Acres of County Land to Oil and Gas Leases – The Santa Barbara...
Nov 5, 2019 | Federal Government
Gina McCarthy will serve as the Natural Resources Defense Council’s president and CEO. Source: Gina McCarthy, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, to head Natural Resources Defense Council – The Washington...
Nov 4, 2019 | Federal Government
As wildfires swept across California, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to criticize the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, for the way his administration has handled the crises. Source: Fact-checking Trump’s California wildfire...
