7.5% Inflation a 40 Year High, Prices for Food, Energy & Shelter Soar as Purchasing Power of Dollars Crater

7.5% Inflation a 40 Year High, Prices for Food, Energy & Shelter Soar as Purchasing Power of Dollars Crater

Washington, DC…The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 7.5 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in the indexes for food, electricity, and shelter were the largest […]

A Few Bits of Wisdom from Thomas Paine on His Birthday

A Few Bits of Wisdom from Thomas Paine on His Birthday

New York, NY…Thomas Paine was born on this day in 1737 in Thetford, England. His most impactful work was the tract Common Sense. In many ways it codified the grievances the Colonies had with the Crown and many historians credit it as the match that lit the flame of the American Revolution. He was also […]

Governor Newsom Signs Paid Sick Leave Extension, Expanded Relief for Small Businesses, and Historic Package to Promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship in California

Governor Newsom Signs Paid Sick Leave Extension, Expanded Relief for Small Businesses, and Historic Package to Promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship in California

Oakland, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today visited a small business in Oakland to sign legislation extending COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave for workers, and early budget action to provide an additional $6.1 billion in tax relief, tax credits and direct grants for small businesses hit hard by the pandemic, bolstering the state’s historic COVID relief efforts […]

Briefing by White House COVID-⁠19 Response Team and Public Health Officials

Briefing by White House COVID-⁠19 Response Team and Public Health Officials

Washington, DC…Good morning, and thanks for joining us.  Today, we’ll start with an update from Dr. Walensky on the state of the pandemic and CDC’s COVID-19 surveillance efforts.  DR. WALENSKY:  Good morning.  Thanks, Jeff.  I’d like to start by walking you through today’s data.  The current seven-day daily average of cases is about 247,300 cases […]

Traffic Update….Overturned Gravel Truck Near Sr1 S / Imjin Pkwy

Traffic Update….Overturned Gravel Truck Near Sr1 S / Imjin Pkwy

Marina, CA…Traffic Update….Overturned Gravel Truck Near Sr1 S / Imjin Pkwy Incident: 00133 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr1 S / Imjin Pkwy Loc Desc: SB JNO IMJ Lat/Lon: 36.672717 -121.811231 Detail Information 12:46 PM 45 [99] C63,C65 1097 [Shared] 12:46 PM 44 [98] [Notification] [CHP]-[97] A27-022 CA TOW F/ BLANCO AT RES/ WILL ACCESS […]

Attorney General Bonta Urges EPA to Expand Clean Water Act Restrictions on Nation’s Waterways

Attorney General Bonta Urges EPA to Expand Clean Water Act Restrictions on Nation’s Waterways

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a multistate coalition along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, urged the Biden Administration to repeal a Trump-era rule drastically curtailing protections under the Clean Water Act. Under the 2020 rule, more than half of all wetlands and at least 18% of all streams across the United States were left without federal protections. Western […]

Governor Newsom Appoints Government Operations Agency and State Transportation Agency Secretaries

Governor Newsom Appoints Government Operations Agency and State Transportation Agency Secretaries

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his appointment of Office of Digital Innovation Director Amy Tong to serve as Secretary of the California Government Operations Agency and the appointment of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Director Toks Omishakin to serve as Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency. “A veteran of state service, Director Tong’s […]

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