Imperial Valley News Center
USDA Under Secretary Ted McKinney meets with California Agricultural Trade Groups
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Sacramento, California - USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney met yesterday with California agricultural trade stakeholders to discuss foreign market opportunities and trade issues.
Energy Department Selects Four Projects for Fish Passage Funding
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Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced $2.4 million in funding for four projects aimed at developing and testing innovative upstream and downstream fish passage solutions for hydropower dams, while reducing construction and operation costs. WPTO is committed to lowering the cost of hydropower deployment while significantly reducing the environmental footprint of new and existing technologies as part of its HydroNEXT initiative. Cost-effective fish passage technologies will assist hydropower owners and operators in meeting rigorous environmental permitting requirements and bring more hydropower online faster.
Acting Secretary of State Sullivan Travel to Brussels
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Washington, DC - Acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel to Brussels, Belgium from April 26-27, to lead the U.S. delegation to the NATO Foreign Ministerial. The Acting Secretary will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and join NATO Allies to discuss preparations for the NATO Summit that Heads of State and Government will attend in July.
Legal Non-Citizen Resident Gets Spousal Benefits - Social Security Matters
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- Written by AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor
Washington, DC - Dear Rusty: We have gone to the Social Security office because we were told that my husband might be eligible to receive Social Security benefits, but they told him he had not worked enough quarters and that he could not collect benefits. My husband is from England and holds a green card, and we have been married for 8 years living in the United States. I am 71 and started receiving my Social Security a few months after I retired at age 69. My husband is also 71 but according to Social Security he can’t get benefits. Is it because he is not a citizen? I read in one of your articles that a wife who had not worked outside the home was entitled to ½ of her husband’s benefit at age 69. So why can’t my husband get benefits from my record? ~ Feeling Cheated
Trump’s “Forgotten Men and Women” Include Prisoners
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- Written by Jared Kushner via The White House
Washington, DC - The facts about America’s prison system are startling. The U.S. has 4% of the world’s population, but roughly 25% of the world’s prisoners. Federal and state prisons hold some 1.5 million inmates, and 6.2 million people are in local jails, on parole or on probation. Of the 650,000 people who leave prison every year, two-thirds will commit a new crime within three years.
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Designate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts
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Washington, DC - President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to designate the following individual to a key position in his Administration:
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