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President Obama's Weekly Address: It's Time for Congress to Help the Middle Class |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/02/2014 08:45 AM
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Washington, DC...Hi, everybody. My top priority as President is doing everything I can to create more jobs and more opportunities for hardworking families to get ahead. On Friday, we learned that our economy created over 200,000 new jobs in July. That’s on top of about 300,000 new jobs in June. We’re now in a six-month streak with at least 200,000 new jobs each month. That hasn’t happened since 1997. All told, our businesses have created 9.9 million jobs over the past 53 months. That’s the longest streak of private-sector job creation in our history.
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CCWD's Joel Metzger On State Mandated State Emergency Water Restrictions |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/01/2014 06:43 PM
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San Andreas, CA....CCWD's Joel Metzger brought us up to speed on the State Water Resources Control Board's aggressive mandatory state emergency water conservation regulations. We had the chance to discus what this will mean for us here locally. The interview video is below and enclosed are additional links and resources...
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Advisory Committee Recruitment Announcement - Seeking Applicants For Advisory Committee |
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Posted by: Lea_Marie_C_Paar on 08/01/2014 10:18 PM
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Angels Camp, Ca...The City of Angels is soliciting applications for appointment on the Advisory Committee for the State Route 4 and 49 Gateway Corridor Study. The State Route 4 & 49 Gateway Corridor Study will evaluate and plan for future development and necessary transportation improvements along highways 4 and 49 within the City limits. The Study area will focus on the northwestern portion of the City, seeking to address access and circulation, growth and development, and coordination of growth and improvements with community vision. The Study will support the vision and values of the local community, enhance the economic vitality of the region, while advancing the State’s goals for the Highway system including safety, access, mobility and goods movement.
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President Obama's Comments At Signing of Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/31/2014 01:40 PM
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Washington, DC...THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody, hello! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Welcome to the White House. The executive order I’ll sign in a few minutes is one that’s good for workers, it's good for responsible employers, and it's good for the middle class. That explains the folks who are standing up on stage with me, including Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, who’s done a great job on this. (Applause.) Yesterday, we learned that the springtime was a strong time for economic growth. Companies are investing. Consumers are spending. Our energy, our technology, our auto industries are all booming, with workers making and selling goods all around the world. Our businesses have created nearly 10 million new jobs over the past 52 months, and the unemployment rate is at its lowest point since 2008. 401(k)s have recovered their value. Home prices are rising. Millions more families have the peace of mind that comes with having affordable, quality health care...
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Speaker Boehner Urges House to Defend the Constitution |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/31/2014 04:46 PM
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Washington, DC...House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today made the following floor remarks in support of H. Res. 676, a resolution which authorizes the House to enter into litigation in opposition to President Obama’s attempts to make his own laws, actions that challenge the constitutional separation of powers: “Let me thank my colleague for yielding, and I also want thank the whole House for its work to address the people’s concerns about jobs and our economy. All told, we have sent the Senate now more than 40 jobs bills, almost all of them in a bipartisan way. From the first day of this Congress, I’ve said our focus would be on jobs, and it has been.
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GAO Not Kind To CMS's HealthCare.gov. Price Tag Now Tops $840 Million |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/31/2014 11:23 PM
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Washington, DC... The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) undertook the development of Healthcare.gov and its related systems without effective planning or oversight practices, despite facing a number of challenges that increased both the level of risk and the need for effective oversight. CMS officials explained that the task of developing a first-of-its-kind federal marketplace was a complex effort with compressed time frames. To be expedient, CMS issued task orders to develop the federally facilitated marketplace (FFM) and federal data services hub (data hub) systems when key technical requirements were unknown, including the number and composition of states to be supported and, importantly, the number of potential enrollees. CMS used cost-reimbursement contracts, which created additional risk because CMS is required to pay the contractor's allowable costs regardless of whether the system is completed. CMS program staff also adopted an incremental information technology development approach that was new to CMS. Further, CMS did not develop a required acquisition strategy to identify risks and document mitigation strategies and did not use available information, such as quality assurance plans, to monitor performance and inform oversight....
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County Reaffirms Support For Wild & Scenic Mokelumne River |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/30/2014 12:12 PM
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San Andreas, CA....Playing to a standing room only crowd (At least at the start of the meeting) the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Voted 4-1 to reaffirm support for a Wild & Scenic Designation for the Mokelumne River. Many, many community members, elected officials, business groups, conservation groups and more weighed in on the topic. Supervisor Edson was the lone vote on the board in opposition. All of the items on the consent agenda passed and the agenda is enclosed again as a reference...
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President Obama's Weekly Address: Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 07/27/2014 10:02 AM
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Washington, DC...Hi, everybody. Our businesses have now added nearly 10 million new jobs over the past 52 months. The unemployment rate is at its lowest point since September 2008 – the fastest one-year drop in nearly 30 years. 401(k)s are growing, fewer homes are underwater, and for the first time in more than a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that the world’s number one place to invest isn’t China; it’s the United States of America – and our lead is growing...
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Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Special Night Meeting On Mokelumne Wild & Scenic Designation for July 29th, 2014 |
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Posted by: Lea_Marie_C_Paar on 07/25/2014 12:28 AM
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San Andreas, Ca...The agenda for the Board of Supervisors meeting scheduled for July 29th, 2014 is available now. This meeting is on designation of the Wild & Scenic Designation for the Mokelumne River....
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Stanislaus National Forest, Ramsey Fire Closure Lifted |
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Posted by: Lea_Marie_C_Paar on 07/25/2014 09:58 AM
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Sonora, CA...The Forest Closure Order, resulting from the Ramsey Fire in August 2012 that burned approximately 1,137 acres of mixed conifer in the North Fork of the Stanislaus River, is now lifted. The Ramsey Fire forest closure order was scheduled to be in effect from August 16, 2012, through September 12, 2014, but is being opened early due to the completion of necessary rehabilitation work...
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