Imperial Valley News Center
Holiday shoppers eager to spend $1 trillion this season
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- Written by John Hughey
West Lafayette, Indiana - Holiday retail sales are on track to hit $1 trillion for the first time, according to Richard Feinberg, a Purdue University professor of retail management. The record spending would top last year's $960 billion.
Department of State Announces Global Partnerships Week 2016
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of State announced today at the Concordia Summit in New York City that Global Partnerships Week 2016 (GPW) will take place from March 7-13, 2016.
Let's focus on the needs of Americans living on fixed incomes
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- Written by John Grimaldi
Washington, DC - "Fixed income seniors suffer while the Obama administration offers unemployment payments for up to six full months even though it is a clear cut disincentive for job seekers. The administration, it seems, is unwilling to give the jobless the motivation they need to start seeking jobs by cutting back on the government's unemployment largesse. Yet, hapless retirees and other fixed income Americans may be denied a paltry 1% COLA increase yet again," according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.
Landowners, Grape Growers, Government and Others Partner to Protect Juvenile Coho
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Santa Rosa, California - State representatives will recognize landowners, grape growers, agencies and environmental groups for their part in the development of voluntary programs to save water and protect local fish species in the Russian River watershed during the drought. The recognition will take place at a press conference on Friday, October 2 at the Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens in Santa Rosa.
Landmark Exchange of Desert Lands Would Advance California’s Conservation and Clean Energy Goals
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Sacramento, California - The California State Lands Commission (SLC) and the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are pursuing an exchange of state and federal lands in the California desert that will protect conservation lands and facilitate renewable energy development.
President Obama on Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
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Washington, DC - Statement by President Barack Obama on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon:
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