State Senator Melissa Hurtado, who currently represents Kings County this week, announced she would run again for her seat in Senate District 16, despite having her district split apart, between the newly drawn Senate District 14 and Senate District 16. Keep reading...
Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) recently introduced AB 2489, legislation designed to provide $50 million in grant funds to teachers who work at and live near underserved and understaffed schools. Keep reading...
Assemblymember Rudy Salas, who represents Lemoore and Kings County, introduced a bill that would provide $50 million in grant funds to facilitate the hiring of peace officers who agree to live and work in local, underserved communities experiencing high rates of violent crime. Keep reading...
Assemblymember Rudy Salas, who represents the Central Valley, including Lemoore and Hanford, this week introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 1941, legislation to give California beneficiaries of State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled increased benefit of $600 in years that the state has a budget surplus. Keep reading...
Backed by an auditor’s report asked for from Assemblymember Rudy Salas, he learned that Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) lack the resources and policies necessary to address rising rates of youth suicide and self-harm effectively. Keep reading...
Assemblyman Rudy Salas, Kings County’s representative in Sacramento, this week released a statement on the Governor’s historic 2022-2023 state budget proposal. According to Salas, January’s budget draft includes billions to strengthen public safety and combat theft, build water infrastructure to combat the drought, invest in workforce development in rural communities, fight COVID-19, grow the state’s rainy-day fund, and more. Keep reading...
The Assembly's Rudy Salas recently introduced AB 1603, which will give California voters another opportunity to take a stand against the increase in theft that seems to be afflicting the state's retail establishments. Keep reading...
State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), who also represents Lemoore, announced this week that she is inviting residents of Senate District 14 (which includes communities in Kings, Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties) to submit their ideas for state legislation or budget requests. Keep reading...
Central Valley State Senator Melissa Hurtado, who represents Lemoore and the Central Valley, announced that she would travel to Washington D.C. to attend the signing of the historic $973 Billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Keep reading...
Nov 5 2021 - 12:06pm
Central Valley Congressman David Valadao and 10 of his colleagues are co-sponsoring the Truckers Responding At National Shipping Ports Overcoming Retail Turmoil (TRANSPORT) Act. The legislation would require the Secretary of Transportation to relieve congested ports during either a national state of emergency or when ports are congested by 50 percent or more. Keep reading...
