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Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) is proposing a bill to increase the number of federal judges in the Eastern District of California to help meet the high demand currently bogging down the judicial system.
Costa has secured bipartisan support for the bill, which is called the CASE LOAD Act of 2023.
The big picture: The CASE LOAD Act would create five additional judgeships for the Eastern District Court, which covers 34 counties and spans from Bakersfield to Redding.
Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) met with members of the media Friday to discuss The Case Load Act of 2023.
The legislation is in response to the severe lack of judgeships for the federal Eastern District of California, which currently has only one judge for every 1,362,552 residents — by far the highest in the state, Costa said.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An aerial firefighting system built in Fresno by Caylym Technologies is used by eight countries worldwide to fight wildfires. However, it is still not used in the U.S.
According to Caylym Technologies, their air dispersal system provides a light rain that can cover over a quarter of a mile when fighting fires, and they use 264 gallons of water packed inside a cardboard box.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The debt ceiling is headed to the full House of Representatives after passing through the House Rules Committee, and one Congressman from Fresno is voting yes for the Bill, according to officials.
Some Republican and Democrat Congressmen are going to vote yes for the Bill that would raise the debt limit until 2025.
Democratic Congressman, a member of the Ukrainian Congressional caucus who works in the committees on international affairs and agriculture, Jim Costa in an interview with "Holosu of America" commented on the possibilities of providing Ukraine with a new assistance package and spoke about the details of the training program for Ukrainian pilots in piloting F-16 fighters. According to Kostya, he and his colleagues - Republicans and Democrats - are actively monitoring the possibilities for a new package of assistance to Kiev from Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In cooperation with the Congressional Epilepsy Caucus, organizations including the Epilepsy Foundation, Epilepsies Action Network, CURE Epilepsy, Rare Epilepsy Network and DEE-P Connections hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill on May 17 to educate about the epilepsies and call for more government action and investment in the epilepsies. Congressional Epilepsy Caucus co-chairs Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC-3) and Jim Costa (D-CA-21) spoke about their personal connections to epilepsy and the importance of the caucus.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Fresno Economic Opportunity Commission (EOC) has secured $1.5 million in federal funding for a program that will help young Fresno residents from underserved communities to enter the workforce.
The funds are a renewal from the award of a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grant’s goal is to provide employment services and training under the name of YouthBuild.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced it is supporting legislation introduced in the House and Senate to amend the Animal Health Protection Act. The Foreign Animal Disease Prevention Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023would provide additional funding for three farm bill programs established in 2018.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Yosemite International Airport will be getting some major upgrades.
On Friday, officials broke ground on a terminal expansion project called "FAT Forward" that they hope will bring more non-stop flights in and out of the country.
The project aims to bring significant upgrades to the Fresno Yosemite international airport by the fall of 2025.
"What we were trying to do pales to what is going to happen here next," said Assemblymember Jim Patterson.
As jets landed and taxied for takeoff in the background, Fresno city officials broke ground Friday on a nearly $127 million expansion at Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
A leveled dirt field just south of the main terminal will be the site of a new terminal concourse, passenger security screening area, international arrivals facility, new shopping and dining areas and state-of-the art baggage handling systems.
Nevada-based Q&D Construction will head up the project.
Nearly every member of the House Democratic Caucus signed onto a letter demanding an independent investigation into two fatal shootings carried out in the span of a week by officers at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“We are calling for immediate independent investigations into both of these deaths, without interference,” the lawmakers wrote, referring to the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Guerrero in Maine.