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At age 90 he still aids youths with native language Archie Thompson learned the Yurok language as a boy living on his grandmother's ranch.

Befitting the view of their respective political parties, local Congressmen Wally Herger and Mike Thompson had different reactions to the health bill passed on Saturday.

As a matter of policy and politics, the 10-year, $1.05 trillion legislation, which passed 220 to 215 late Saturday night, is among the most complex and difficult Congress has ever considered.

Grant sought from an Oregon agency Regional Border Coast Airport Authority members voted Thursday to apply for a $7 million grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation to help pay for a new terminal at Del Norte County Airport.

In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business First Vote Predicted... 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Last Vote Predicted... 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. "One Minutes" Begin Consideration of H.R. 2868 - Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - Homeland ...

Although Eureka will be receiving $ 875,000 to help with the Martin Slough interceptor project, a $7.9 million project meant to reduce operating costs, the funds will help offset proposed increases in water and sewer rates.

With Congress facing a deadline to act on the estate or inheritance tax, which taxes property as it passes from one generation to the next, farmers, ranchers and others who participated in an online discussion of the issue last week stressed the need to support the Family Farm Preservation Estate Tax Act.

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance praised Congressman Mike Thompson for his endorsement of the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009.

Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance industry and create a government-run option to compete with private insurers.

Even before her bill reaches the House floor, health care reform has been a lesson in the limits of power for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - and in the immense challenge of managing disappointment on the left.

As is becoming expected, Yolo County's two congressmen had very different reactions to the landmark legislation rolled out by House Democrats Thursday that would extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance industry and create a government-run option to compete with private insurers.

Ice Energy, a leading provider of grid-connected energy storage solutions for increasing energy system efficiency and improving grid reliability, today lauded the introduction of new bi-partisan Congressional legislation that would establish a federal tax credit for investment in qualified distributed thermal energy storage equipment.

Mendocino County's September unemployment rate was 10.1 percent, down 0.4 percentage points from the revised August rate; and up 3.8 percentage points over the year.

Congressman Mike Thompson, Democrat, was elected in 1998 to represent California's First Congressional District, which includes part of Sonoma County, and all of Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties.

The campaign of U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla., whose fundraising had lagged earlier this year, set the pace for incumbents in the state's House delegation, according to reports recently filed with the Federal Election Commission.

When the rally for the pulp mill was canceled, I was holding out hope that it found funding.

All 19 of the state's House Republicans oppose a public option, with most indicating there are no circumstances under which they would vote in favor of a bill that included one, according to the survey by California News Service, a project of the University of California's Washington Center and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Local business and elected officials gathered at the Arcata/Eureka Airport on Saturday to mark the completion of the terminal's transformation and expansion.

From : "Michael Zachariades" Date : Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:01:39 PDT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October 16,2009 Contact: Michael A. Zachariades Email: mzachariades@aaainc.org Phone: 393-3434 SUPPORT FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION CONTINUES TO GROW Armenian Assembly Efforts Yield Results Washington, DC - Since the protocols to establish ...

Scheduled for Oct. 27, people will have an opportunity to discuss how farm families deal with the federal estate tax on Twitter's #AgChat, a live, online chat where agriculturists and others discuss issues important to agriculture.