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Study: AB 1066 is cutting in half California’s ag overtime workforce

11/08/23 7:10 AM By Brad Hooker

A new study shows the number of employees working overtime hours has roughly dropped in half under AB 1066.

Dems spar over who pays for rooftop solar

06/03/21 7:07 AM By Brad Hooker

Lawmakers argue low- and middle-income taxpayers should no longer pay higher energy rates to cover incentivizes for rooftop solar panels.

Aggressive conservation bills dropped for the year

04/23/21 6:58 AM By Brad Hooker

Bills codifying the governor's 30x30 order and paying ranchers to switch to plants have been dropped for the year.

‘Job killer’ bills on bereavement and family leave advance

04/13/21 7:09 AM By Brad Hooker

Lawmakers recently debated two labor bills on CalChamber’s annual list of “job killers.”

Farmworkers, climate and wildfires are the focus of new legislation in California

02/24/21 6:17 AM By Brad Hooker

The California Legislature is planning an active session this year to make up for lost time in 2020.

New Year, new updates to minimum wage and ag overtime

01/06/21 7:49 AM By Brad Hooker

Minimum wage is now as much as $14 per hour while ag overtime is triggered after 8.5 hours per day or 45 hours per week.

Legislature returns to single-use plastics, with ag part of the solution

12/02/20 11:20 AM By Brad Hooker

The Assembly heard two days of testimony on the many problems facing California and the planet when it comes to packaging made up of single-use plastics.

Lawmakers clash over farmworker outbreaks and shaming companies

09/02/20 8:30 AM By Brad Hooker

Partisan tensions reached a tipping in the final night of the legislative session, as an argument grew heated over a farmworker bill in the Assembly.

Critical water fixes go another year without state funding

09/02/20 8:26 AM By Brad Hooker

Several proposals aiming to repair critical infrastructure like the Friant-Kern Canal were left behind this year.

Daybreak: A few of the ag-related bills passed in the Legislature

09/01/20 2:13 PM By Brad Hooker

Plastics debate heats up * CDFA steps closer to carbon markets * Cloudy future for coronavirus aid * China ‘saying right things’

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 4, 2025: Sen. Hoeven on tariffs, budget reconciliation

President Trump unveiled a massive tariff plan this week adding a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, plus a higher reciprocal tariff on many U.S. trading partners. We asked Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., how the tariffs will affect producers and how farm bill elements may be incorporated into budget reconciliation.

Then, the American Soybean Association's Virginia Houston and Joe Glauber from the International Food Policy Research Institute discuss which producers could be hurt the most by the tariffs and how farmers' cost of production will increase.

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