Imperial Valley News Center
California's Top Emergency Manager, Public Health Officer Urge Californians to Prepare for Excessive Heat Beginning this Weekend
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Sacramento, California - In response to forecasts of excessive heat early next week, especially in Southern California, state officials are urging Californians to prepare for potentially record-breaking temperatures starting Sunday. State agencies and utility companies have already implemented plans and taken steps in anticipation of the heatwave.
Standing with Orlando
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Washington, DC - In this week's address, President Obama reflected on his visit with the families of the victims of the Orlando terrorist attack. He reiterated that we will always stand with those impacted by the Orlando attack – and we will do everything in our power to stop homegrown terrorism attacks and ultimately destroy ISIL. With Father's Day coming up, the President emphasized the responsibilities we have to each other – particularly to our children. Too often, events like these have been followed by silence and inaction.
New Steps to Reduce Unnecessary Occupation Licenses that are Limiting Worker Mobility and Reducing Wages
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Washington, DC - Today nearly one-quarter of all U.S. workers need a government license to do their jobs. The prevalence of occupational licensing has risen from less than 5 percent in the early 1950s with the majority of the growth coming from an increase in the number of professions that require a license rather than composition in the workforce.
New Commitments in Support of the President’s Nation of Makers Initiative to Kick Off 2016 National Week of Making
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Washington, DC - In June 2014, President Obama launched the Nation of Makers initiative, an all-hands-on-deck effort to give many more students, entrepreneurs, and citizens access to a new class of technologies—such as 3D printers, laser cutters, and desktop machine tools—to design, build, and manufacture just about anything, as well as increased access to mentors, spaces, and resources to support making.
FTC Requires Cement Manufacturers HeidelbergCement AG and Italcementi S.p.A. to Divest U.S. Assets as a Condition of Merger
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Washington, DC - German cement producer HeidelbergCement AG and Italian producer Italcementi S.p.A. have agreed to divest a cement plant in Martinsburg, WV and up to 11 cement distribution terminals in six other states to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their proposed $4.2 billion merger would likely harm competition in five regional markets for cement in the United States.
Assistant Secretary Biswal Travel to Japan and Australia
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Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will travel to Tokyo June 19-21 for the U.S.-Japan-India Trilateral Dialogue and the Ninth U.S. – India Consultations on East Asia, where she will co-lead the U.S. delegation with Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel. She will meet with both Japanese and Indian government officials to discuss trilateral cooperation and developments in global affairs.
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