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Streamlining farmworker housing … again * Workers join card check suit * Senate ready to vote on Kennedy, Rollins

House Republicans try to agree on a grand plan for enacting President Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans this week, while the Senate GOP is opting for a Plan B, a smaller budget plan that leaves more the costliest issues for later. The Senate is set to consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be secretary of health and human services, and Brooke Rollins' nomination to be secretary of agriculture.

Ross reacts to cost study * Water board hungry for more fees * Shasta dumps flood flows * USDA defends funding delay

More reactions to cost study * Composting gets priority * Hearing on tap for USTR pick

Bipartisan bonds in water and fire? * Farmers brief senators on farm economy * RFK Jr. advances

Just a week before President Trump’s inauguration, California Air Resources Board Executive Director Steven Cliff wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the board’s waiver to broadly enforce its Advanced Clean Fleets rule.

As the fallout of the Los Angeles fires evolves, UC Cooperative Extension researchers recommend strict adherence to local water agency guidance, such as boiling water before consumption.

The change comes as meat processor Cargill also announced it will be closing a turkey processing plant in Arkansas, with plans to shift to facilities in Missouri and Virginia.

Lindsay Buckley was appointed director of communications at the California Air Resources Board. Anne Castle, one of Biden’s top water officials at the Interior Department, submitted her resignation.  

Brad Anderson will retire from California Dairies. Trinity Fruit Co. hired Anna O’Brien as a social media and public relations specialist.