U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (CA-23) amendment #75 passed the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote and was included in the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations bill for the Departments of the Interior and the Environment. Rep. Obernolte’s amendment would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a waiver to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its In-Use Locomotive Regulation. The regulation mandates the use of zero-emission locomotives in California despite such locomotives not yet existing. Rep. Obernolte’s amendment prohibits any EPA funds...
San Bernardino County's nine universities paid $1,176,768 in athletically related financial aid in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
In May, the median sale price of a home in San Bernardino County rose by $10,000 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 33%.
Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) today celebrated the signing of their Fusion Energy Act. The bipartisan legislation was included along with the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act in the text of S. 870, broad energy legislation which passed both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support. The Fusion Energy Act will codify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) decision to establish a regulatory framework for fusion...
Sen. Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) announced that his bill to make wildfire settlement payments tax-free has passed its first hurdle in the Assembly, clearing the Committee on Revenue and Taxation.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-23) has secured significant wins for High Desert military bases and surrounding communities in the Fiscal Year 2025 Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this week.