In the News
March 9, 2015
On her first major break from Congress, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Ontario, spent the day meeting with Inland Empire workers and employers, in an attempt to help plan her first year in Washington.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
March 9, 2015
The nation's economy is continuing on an upward path, and the Inland Empire is also showing positive signs at the start of 2015, analysts said.
March 8, 2015
After the 113th Congress’ historic gridlock over the past two years, legislators vowed this year that things would be different.
March 3, 2015
Washington.- El Congreso aprobó este martes los fondos del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) para el resto del año fiscal 2015, poniendo fin a un prolongado drama sobre la sobrevivencia de los alivios migratorios.
March 2, 2015
Una amplia franja del Inland Empire está representado por la única miembro del Congreso de ascendencia guatemalteca.
February 26, 2015
With operations slowly returning to normal at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex after a labor dispute that left a backlog of ships in the harbor, port officials say they have contingency plans ready to avert more problems if the Department of Homeland Security is forced to shut down.
February 26, 2015
A short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security looked likely to pass before funding was to expire at midnight, in the midst of a national debate over security and immigration that was based in part in the Inland Empire.
February 25, 2015
As a political battle over immigration was moving the U.S. Department of Homeland Security closer to a possible partial shutdown, Border Patrol Agent Arturo Alcaraz was preparing to report to work on Monday, March 2, as usual.
February 25, 2015
Local authorities don’t anticipate security risks or disruptions in travel at area airports or the Los Angeles area port complex if there is a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
February 24, 2015
WASHINGTON >> Bitterly admitting defeat, House Republicans on Tuesday abandoned their attempts to use the Homeland Security Department’s spending bill to force concessions from President Barack Obama on immigration, and sent him legislation to fund the agency through the end of the budget year with no strings attached.