21Oct

October 21, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories Gov. Jerry Brown touts decades of experience on water policy — Gov. Jerry Brown pitched his decades-long political career as an asset in tackling California’s vexing water problems in a […]

20Oct

October 20, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories Democrats’ hopes of Senate supermajority could rest with two districts – The Democrats’ quest to regain their supermajority in the state Senate could be decided next month in an ethnically diverse […]

19Oct

October 19, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories Prop 48 revives California’s off-reservation casino debate – Proposition 48, a referendum on two tribal gaming compacts brokered by Gov. Jerry Brown and approved by the Legislature, will ask voters whether […]

18Oct

October 18, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories California law enforcement detaining fewer undocumented immigrants – Local law enforcement agencies in California are transferring fewer undocumented immigrants into federal custody, a change occurring as the state implements a new […]

17Oct

October 17, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories New report shows wide variation in Valley for Latino voter registration – While 52% of Fresno County residents are Latino, the area’s congressional districts show varying shares of Latino eligible voters.  Fresno […]

16Oct

October 16, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories Incumbents out-raising challengers in three hot House races in state – Incumbents have out-raised challengers in at least three hot congressional races in California, reports filed tonight with the Federal Election […]

15Oct

October 15, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories Schools chief race may be election’s tightest – The statewide election that could end up as one of the closest and most expensive in California this fall is for an office […]

14Oct

October 14, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories CD21: This week in 2010 in when Costa-Vidak race exploded; will history repeat itself? – While the prevailing thought is that Hanford Republican David Valadao is fairly safe in his reelection bid […]

13Oct

October 13, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories Some California criminals would face lighter sentences under Prop 47 – For decades, California voters have been asked to make tough decisions on how the state handles crime and punishment – from the death […]

12Oct

October 12, 2014

Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno. Political Briefs Top stories Prop 47 would cut penalties for 1 in 5 criminals in California – One in five California criminals could get a break under proposed new sentencing laws before voters this fall, but […]