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Congresswoman Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, was the keynote speaker during a naturalization ceremony on Jan. 29, 2025, in Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium.
As Vanh Chanthavong wiped away tears and recited the U.S. oath of allegiance, her mind was on the past 44 years.
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending the introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research (STAR) Act.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) on January 10, 2025, announced that Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) has been award $9.5 million from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. The grant provides the final funding needed to construct the Dos Rios Station, a new light rail station on SacRT’s Blue Line.
As fires in the Los Angeles area continue to rage, California could see more activity aimed at reducing wildfire risks in the future under legislation passed with strong Democratic and Republican support in the House Thursday.
A House Democratic caucus pilloried President Donald Trump’s first set of executive actions, accusing him of working to “gut our bedrock pollution and environmental protections.”
But in a multipage letter filled with both bullet points and outrage, the leaders of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition offered something of an olive branch.
House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said during the panel’s Wednesday organizational meeting that Republicans are “prepared to put the country on a new course” from the Biden administration’s approach “where we close the digital divide and make sure everyone can enjoy the exciting technological developments that have only just begun.” Guthrie is among congressional GOP
House E&C ranking member Frank Pallone announced the Democratic roster for each of its six subcommittees: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) is staying on as ranking member for the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee and Rep. Doris O.
President Biden has named 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, including the late Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi.
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is the only commercial airport serving the California capital. Opened in 1967, the airport was called Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. It was the first “public use airport west of the Mississippi that had been completely built from the ground up.”
Among AAPI candidates in California congressional races on Nov. 5, incumbents were generally successful while challengers came up short — with one election still too close to call.