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February 14, 2015

A labor standoff at ports along the West Coast is threatening the flow of cargo as docks are being closed to incoming ships.

Twenty-nine ports in states from Washington to California that normally process 340 million tons of cargo packages per year that are later shipped via truck and rail to cities across the country are shutting down for the weekend due to labor unrest.

February 12, 2015

The United States on Wednesday launched a legal challenge to Chinese export subsidies supporting billions of dollars of exports across a wide swathe of industries from steel to shrimp.

February 12, 2015

A bipartisan coalition of members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Feb. 4 to overhaul the current Renewable Fuel Standard regulations and its outdated ethanol mandates.

February 12, 2015

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to put the House on record urging President Obama to step in and end a labor dispute snarling West Coast ports if there isn't an agreement soon.

February 12, 2015

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats are working together to reach a rapid resolution of a labor dispute that's clogging West Coast ports.

February 11, 2015

WASHINGTON--The U.S. opened a new front in the long-running trade conflict with China, challenging a broad program Beijing uses to subsidize export businesses.

The new challenge at the World Trade Organization is part of the Obama administration's efforts to step up enforcement of trade rules to win support for its efforts to conclude a new trade agreement with Pacific countries.

February 9, 2015

Ooops! They did it again. Representatives Goodlatte, Welch, Womack andCosta are back with their bill to reform the Renewable Fuel Standards. It's goes by the more formal name and less descriptive name; H.R. 703.

February 6, 2015

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans pushed through two bills this week designed to undermine key environmental and financial regulations by jamming federal courts with lawsuits.

February 5, 2015

Reuters writer Chris Prentice reported yesterday that, "A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers will begin their second attempt on Wednesday to introduce a bill that would reform the Renewable Fuel Standards (R

February 5, 2015

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to weigh changes to the various biofuel blending requirements in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014, there are a few bills before Congress that aim to push its hand on ethanol.

February 11, 2025

GV-WIRE

Local, state and federal leaders gathered Saturday at The Fresno Center to address recent immigration enforcement actions that have caused widespread fear and disruption in Central Valley immigrant communities.

Issues:Immigration
February 6, 2025

POLITICO 

SACRAMENTO, California — California farmers — some of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters in the deep blue state — are sticking with him, even after he wasted their water.

May 31, 2024

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Traveling to Yosemite National Park as a group is now easier for people who live in Fresno, or visit the city.

Four brand new YARTS buses are now available, extending the Highway 41 corridor.