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May 23, 2023

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.

Issues:Education
May 19, 2023

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced it is supporting legislation introduced in the House and Senate to amend the Animal Health Protection Act.

Issues:Agriculture
May 19, 2023

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.

May 19, 2023

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.

May 19, 2023

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the Safeguarding American Value-Added Exports (SAVE) Act this week. The legislation seeks to establish a list of common names for a variety of ag commodities and food products.

May 16, 2023

Proposed bipartisan legislation from two Valley congressmen would jump-start the effort to bring a wildfire-fighting technology used in other parts of the world to the United States.

It’s the very technology that a Fresno company has sold to other countries and the U.S. Air Force for years.

Issues:Agriculture
May 12, 2023

The LICENSE Act would streamline burdensome licensing regulations.

Additional legislation that would benefit the trucking industry is back in the fold.

The Licensing Individual Commercial Exam-takers Now Safely and Efficiently (LICENSE) Act of 2023 has been reintroduced in the 118th Congress by a group of bipartisan House lawmakers.

May 10, 2023

Seven months ago, 77-year-old María Sánchez injured her left shoulder and left hand when she slipped on a discarded banana peel on the street while walking home from a shopping trip to the store.

The longtime Calwa resident believes that a sidewalk would have prevented her accident.

May 9, 2023

CALWA, Calif. (KMJ/FOX26) — Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sal Quintero and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) held a news conference on Monday to announce $4 million has been allocated to Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements.

The federal funds are part of the Highway Infrastructure Program approved by Congress in March.

May 8, 2023

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Buckling sidewalks and rocky roads -- have been the "norm" for the residents of Calwa... but not for much longer.

Unincorporated areas are receiving federal and county funds for street and sidewalk improvements.

February 11, 2025

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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.