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July 29, 2025

The Business Journal 

Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) visited Adventist Health in Reedley on Monday, July 28, to call attention to Medicaid cuts brought on by the 2025-26 budget bill, coined by the Trump Administration as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Issues:Healthcare
July 18, 2025

The Fresno Bee

The Trump Administration walked back its decision to freeze $6.2 billion in federal K-12 funding and will restore a portion of the money ahead of the new school year. 

A senior official confirmed to POLITICO that about $1.3 billion in funds would be restored on Monday. It’s unclear when, and if, the remaining grant funding will be restored.

Issues:Education
April 18, 2025

ABC30 Action News

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley Democrat Jim Costa has signed a forceful letter, deciding to face off with the Trump administration as the IRS begins cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security.

Issues:Immigration
April 2, 2025

ABC30 Action News 

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- This open lot of dirt may not look like much now, but UC Merced said it'll develop into a new medical education building by Fall 2026.

But it's one of the very few options for students looking to get into the medical field.

April 2, 2025

Punchbowl News! 

News: California Democratic Rep. Jim Costa is leading a dozen Democrats in a new push to condemn President Donald Trump’s Mexico and Canada tariffs.

Issues:Economy
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.

January 13, 2025

The Fresno Bee

The head of Customs and Border Patrol told Fresno’s democratic congressman that the immigration enforcement operation it carried out in the Central Valley this week has concluded and was confined to Kern County, the U.S. representative said Saturday during a news conference. 

Issues:Immigration
June 11, 2024

(Inside California Politics) — Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss President Biden’s executive actio

July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026

The Hill

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.

Issues: Immigration
July 9, 2026
Issues: Agriculture