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More than $3 million of additional federal funds have been secured to help complete projects required by the Russian River Biological Opinion, including habitat restoration in Dry Creek and Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program improvements, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced.

Controlling California water can seem like a covert affair on Capitol Hill. If you're not in the club, you're left in the dark.

FlyersRights.org reported the passage of a new, four-year FAA Reauthorization Act that contains a number of significant new protections for airline passengers.

Multi-location dealer Mike Thompson's RV Super Stores claimed the distinction as California's No.

I am a Michigan native who has lived in California for the past 15 years. I recently returned after being offered a job at a growing nonprofit to be closer to my aging parents and to give back and create positive change -- a personal effort to help reverse the Michigan brain drain.

After five years of kicking the can down the road, the 112th United States Congress has agreed on the provisions of the FAA Modernization and Safety Improvement Act of 2012, the bill we know as the FAA Reauthorization Bill.

Same-sex marriage supporters might have scored a victory Tuesday, but wedding bells won't quite be ringing yet for California's gay and lesbian couples.

Editor's note: Congressman Mike Thompson, who is running to represent Rohnert Park and Cotati in the newly-drawn District 5 , released a message this week on new legislation that aims to combat Internet piracy while protecting online freedom and preventing censorship.

Reaction from the dramatic ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals knocking down California's Proposition 8 and clearing the way for marriage equality in the Golden State -- and an inevitable U.S. Supreme Court challenge that will finally define the issue on the federal level -- has been swift.

Borrowing a page from Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer's investigation of how elected officials funnel taxpayer dollars to projects that increase the value of properties they own, the Washington Post has conducted a study revealing that 33 members of Congress earmarked more than $300 million for projects within two miles of land they own.

I am responding to the recent letter from Ashley Indrieri regarding the proposed designation of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area .

U.S. Intelligence Community Assessment: Iran Has Not Decided to Pursue Building Nuclear Weapons In two hearings this week, and in a lengthy, prepared annual global threat assessment, representing the views of the entire intelligence community, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was very careful {not} to say that Iran has a nuclear ... (more)

The Times-Standard's "Klamath draft report released; Thompson: 'Time for Congress to act is now'" article mistakenly recites that the 2010 Klamath Agreements "represent the best way forward for the Klamath River Basin and its communities." If it sounds too good to be true, that is because it is.

The United States will soon suffer a catastrophic cyberattack if it doesn't act now to prevent it, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warned Thursday.

The boards of two community districts are to come together at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Rep. Mike Thompson , Co-Chairs of the Congressional Rural Health Coalition, introduced H.R. 3859, The Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2012 on Wednesday.

The consumer group FlyersRights.org is pushing to have tarmac delay penalties written into federal aviation laws.

Representatives Mike Thompson and Lee Terry introduced bipartisan legislation increasing rural communities' access to high quality health care.

Special to Patch Congressman John Garamendi and Congressman Mike Thompson cohosted a well-attended financial aid workshop at UC Davis' Student Community Center Monday .

Congressman Mike Thompson today called on the House Members of the Federal Aviation Administration Conference Committee to include his Airline Passenger Bill of Rights in the long-term FAA authorization bill.