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Marcos Breton: Immigration reform failure would hurt California and GOP, official says
Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 7 hours ago
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A business-oriented Republican, Wenger is spending his days lobbying ideologues in his own party as immigration reform comes to a head in Congress. If House GOP members block reform, it wouldn't just be bad for California business, Wegner warns it
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Local ag, hospitality leaders call for immigration reform
Salinas :: Mexico | 1 month ago
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01:09 PM PDT Updated: 05/10/2013 07:01:10 PM PDT Just like its agricultural, Monterey County's hospitality industry would benefit greatly from proposed immigration reform measures now being discussed in Washington D.C., a top industry
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Immigration reform must provide flexibility, Farm leader says
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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As California farmers and ranchers continue to report problems hiring enough people to tend and harvest crops and livestock, the leader of the state's largest farm organization said immigration legislation before Congress must provide the flexibility
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Farm Bureau Federation says water bill refocuses on state's water problems
Tulare :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The House passed HR 1837 by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, by a vote of 246-175 today. At a time when dry weather and water shortages are returning to California, its important to refocus attention on the need for solutions to the states water
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Farmers still fighting for immigrant guest-worker program
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | over 1 year ago
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California and Southern farmers renewed their case Thursday for some kind of an agricultural guest-worker program, but they're sailing against the wind...Buffeted by campaign-season currents and the inherent complications around immigration, the
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Scientist slams state for OKing toxic pesticide
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Assemblymembers from two committees heard from scientists who had previously advised the state not to approve the pesticide. They also received testimony from state officials who made the decision, and representatives of the farming industry, who
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California Farm Bureau president elected to board of national group
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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It oversees operation of a nationwide network of nearly 6.3 million members of the American agriculture industry. "Farmers and ranchers in California and other Western states face unique issues and pressures, such as Endangered Species Act
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Farm Bureau calls for greater lobbying
San Diego :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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If the state's 4,500 farm owners donated $1,000 each, "you're darn right we could change the way the state does business," Paul Wenger said at the group's opening general session at the Monterey Conference Center. Even if each farm contributed $100,
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Officials seek to recoup some farm tax break revenue
Exeter :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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If Assembly Bill 2530 is signed, Tulare County's chief administrative officer, Jean Rousseau, estimated the county could get an amount equal to 50-60 percent of the $3.6 million it got from the state in fiscal 2006-07. While it's not the perfect
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Marcos Breton: Listen up, immigrant labor force is vital
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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You can't discern the farmworker from the drug dealer in crowds of brown people...On Friday, he ordered California National Guard troops deployed in support of President Barack Obama's call for more troops to fortify the U.S-Mexico border over the
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