In the News
By Joseph Choi
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Friday aimed at addressing the underdiagnosis and late diagnosis of autism in women and girls.
Along with GOP Reps. Claudia Tenney (N.Y.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Khanna introduced the Spectrum Act, which would authorize the director of the National Science Foundation to award grants for research into how autism is approached when it comes to women and girls.
San Jose State University (SJSU) will receive nearly $2 million from the federal government to help fund STEM research.
By George Avalos
SAN JOSE — San Jose Mineta International Airport has landed a key round of funding to bolster construction projects for a new terminal and runway — despite the aviation hub’s struggles to banish its post-coronavirus maladies.
Two federal grants totaling approximately $18.1 million have been awarded to the airport, Bay Area House of Representatives members Ro Khanna, Zoe Lofgren, Anna Eshoo and Jimmy Panetta jointly announced Friday.
By Lauren Sforza
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) pressed the co-author of the “Project 2025” handbook over former President Trump’s potential plans to reinstate an executive order that would allow him to easily fire thousands of civil servants.
By Joseph Geha
A major effort more than 30 years in the making to create a community hub for African Americans in the South Bay is getting a big boost of federal funding.
During a time when African American residents are exiting Santa Clara County in droves, as massive racial disparities persist, the long-envisioned African American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley is receiving a $4.8 million federal grant.
With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the trading of water as a commodity.
The City of Cupertino was recently awarded $850,000 from the House Appropriations Committee for the McClellan Road Bridge Reconstruction Project. The project is among 15 in the South Bay for which US Rep. Ro Khanna secured almost $14.8 million in funding for fiscal year 2024-25.
A proposed cultural center aiming to honor the history of Silicon Valley’s Black residents and provide expansive support services just received millions to help build on its future.
One of the West Valley’s most beloved trails is set to bridge a gap in its infrastructure, thanks to a boost from federal funding.