Government/Policy Archives

September 1, 2023

The State Water Resources Control Board released its proposed regulatory text for Making Conservation a California Way of Life on Aug. 18.

September 1, 2023

The funding will provide nearly $700 million in grants and loans to rural residents, farmers and business owners across the country.

August 18, 2023

The Department of the Interior allocated $152 million dollars for water storage and conveyance projects in the Western U.S. through H.R.3684.

August 4, 2023

The House of Representatives drafted bipartisan legislation to revise seasonal work visa programs to address labor shortages.

August 4, 2023

The IA has joined the Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition, a group of companies with a mission to build support for workforce development policy.

July 21, 2023

The Chips and Science Act, H.R.4346, began its second funding phase in June.

July 19, 2023

The IA joined NAW and more than 160 other business groups asking Congress to make permanent a 20% deduction for small businesses.

July 14, 2023

The Department of the Interior is initiating the process to develop future operating guidelines and strategies to protect the Colorado River.

July 7, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency is working to provide an update revising its current Waters of the United States rule.

July 5, 2023

Even though irrigated agriculture occupies only 20% of the world's cultivated land, it yields 40% of the global food supply.