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 farmers worry immigration plan will deplete workforce – Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California — the nation’s leading grower of fruits, vegetables and nuts — fear an […]

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 plastic bag ban referendum has enough signatures, backers say — Extending the fight over California’s ban on single-use plastic bags, manufacturers and other opponents of the law on Monday […]

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   State’s ballot initiative process remade, and both parties agree — After more than a century in California’s political spotlight, the state’s initiative process will be getting a major revise […]

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 Proposition 2: Rainy-day fund or ticking time bomb? — Characterized as a backup “rainy day fund” when it went before voters in November, Proposition 2 is a ticking time bomb […]

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 Californians to Watch in 2015: Kevin McCarthy leads emboldened congressional Republicans — Eight years ago, then-Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy was leading fellow Republicans in Sacramento, clawing for relevance in a Capitol […]

Political Briefs Top stories California gears up for migrant driver’s licenses — While tens of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally are gearing up to apply for a long-sought driver’s license in California starting Jan. 2, others are being urged to think twice.  AP article Politicians use ‘ghost campaigns’ to fight specter of […]

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 George Skelton: Asking Santa for politicians with guts —  We can all dream, so here’s my wish list for Christmas gifts. At the top of the list is a state […]

Political Briefs Top stories Californians to Watch: How the Class of 2014 fared – Capturing legislative seats. Shepherding a massive shift in school funding. Running the state’s court system. The seven Californians we picked to watch a year ago had an active 12 months. Before we announce the 2015 watch list, here’s how the 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 California plastic bag ban may soon qualify for ballot — Opponents of California’s statewide ban on single-use plastic bags are close to getting their repeal initiative on the 2016 ballot.  […]