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May 4, 2022

A few hundred people supporting abortion rights gathered Tuesday evening outside a federal courthouse in downtown Sacramento, angry over a leaked draft opinion that shows the U.S. Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.


May 3, 2022

The highest court in the country is likely to repeal Roe v. Wade, which has for decades offered protections to people when it came to receiving abortions, according to a leaked draft opinion.


April 22, 2022

SacTree unveils plans for new cherry grove overlooking Sacramento River at Matsui Park

A special place to celebrate cherry blossom time is coming to Sacramento’s river front.


April 16, 2022

Rep. Doris Matsui announces funding for Natomas levees during a press conference in Sacramento on Friday, April 15, 2022. "At this moment in time, we can see that we have the funding needed to complete the project," she said.

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April 15, 2022

Hundreds of millions of new federal dollars are headed to the region to help fund the massive Natomas levee project. President Joe Biden has signed legislation that includes $157 million for an existing project in the Natomas Basin, as well as $17.9 million to begin construction in West Sacramento.


April 14, 2022

More than 100 cherry trees should be in full bloom around this time next year at Robert T. Matsui Park along the Sacramento River as the centerpiece of a nearly $7 million project announced Thursday by the Sacramento Tree Foundation.


April 14, 2022

An April 6 press release announced that Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced a new act focused on improving behavioral health providers are not left behind when it come


April 13, 2022

U.S. lawmakers hope to spur additional electronic health record (EHR) adoption in behavioral health by creating a financial incentive to do so.


April 4, 2022

Rep. Doris Matsui led a moment of silence on the House floor Monday to mourn the six killed in Sacramento’s deadly mass shooting, calling on Congress to “come together and act” to prevent the next tragedy.


March 16, 2022

The House passed legislation on Wednesday to bolster the preservation of Japanese American internment historical sites during World War II as part of efforts to promote education about their imprisonment after the attack on Pearl Harbor.