Articles Tagged with ''Toni Atkins''

Sheep producers appeal for relief on ag overtime

07/13/21 9:20 PM

Representatives of California’s sheep industry are appealing to Senate Pro tem Toni Atkins for relief from the state’s new agricultural overtime law.

Farm groups ask for more in Senate drought package

04/30/21 7:07 AM By Brad Hooker

A State Senate subcommittee advanced a $3 billion drought relief package on Thursday.

Legislature to make key budget decisions this week

04/28/21 7:40 AM By Brad Hooker

As budget deadlines loom for the Legislature and governor, many details still need to be ironed out ahead of the next fiscal year, which beings July 1.

New surprises in the evolving budget bills

06/24/20 9:40 AM By Brad Hooker

As the Legislature votes on a budget agreement with the Newsom administration this week, more details are trickling out, along with new trailer bills.

Daybreak: Deal reached on state budget

06/23/20 8:04 AM By Brad Hooker

Senate passes bill on H-2A worker rights * Judge bars glyphosate warning * CFAP payments top $4 billion

Daybreak: Groundwater plans allow leeway with subsidence

05/18/20 7:22 AM By Brad Hooker

Signup for COVID relief payments on the way * GOP derides House relief bill

Six questions for the State Senate Republican Leader

02/10/20 12:14 PM By Brad Hooker

Sen. Shannon Grove considers herself blessed to be representing a district with the second largest agricultural producing county in the world.

Daybreak: Kincade Fire overtakes vineyards

10/24/19 10:13 PM By Brad Hooker

Wine impacts air * Wine inspires cannabis market * Bolstering port inspections

Daybreak West: Newsom vetoes SB 1

09/29/19 11:50 PM By Brad Hooker

Fish expert urges innovation and flexibility * ‘Sixth inning’ of USMCA negotiations

Daybreak West: Enviros to pull out of Voluntary Agreements

09/24/19 12:22 AM By Brad Hooker

Newsom touts environmental justice * U.S-China meeting set

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.

This week’s Open Mic guest is Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. As a third-generation farmer, Tester and his wife are seeing firsthand the devastating impact of drought in the West. Tester supports infrastructure spending and government outlays to pull the country out of the pandemic-induced recession. In this interview, he speaks to the issues of consolidation, competition and transparency in the cattle market as well as California’s Proposition 12 and recently proposed legislation to eliminate CAFOs by 2040.

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Opinion: California: A misguided leader in economic protectionism

California recently added to its no-travel list. There are now 17 states California officials are forbidden to travel on state business because those states have laws that don’t pass muster in the eyes of California’s ever vigilant hall monitors. In two initiatives passed by California voters in 2008 and 2018, California has placed restrictions on out-of-state producers of agricultural products, barring the import of animal products produced in facilities that don’t meet California’s requirements on animal housing.

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07.22.2021

Washington Week in Review: July 22, 2021: Sen. Kevin Cramer, R- N.D. on bipartisan infrastructure talks

This week Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., joins Philip Brasher to discuss the latest on bipartisan infrastructure talks and reconciliation. Cramer also shares concerns about ending stepped-up basis, a carbon border tax, and North Dakota farmers suffering from drought.

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