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  This time for real: Legislature passes (another) budget – Three days after Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders reached agreement on a $115.4 billion general fund state spending plan, lawmakers […]
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  CEQA exemptions for water projects inserted into budget bill — Some drought-related groundwater and water recycling projects would gain exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act under late-emerging legislation at […]
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  U.S. House Democrats float new California water bill — California water bills continue to fill the Capitol Hill hopper, and now one comes with a new twist. It’s crowd-sourcing drought […]
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  State budget deal struck, Gov. Brown concedes little — Calling the negotiations “difficult but productive,” Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders have unveiled a $167.6 billion state budget, a […]
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  State lawmakers beat budget deadline, but no deal yet with governor – If there is one narrative that Democrats in the California Legislature are working hard to kill, it’s that […]
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  Lawmakers take up $117.5 billion budget without governor’s support — California lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a Democratic spending plan for the next fiscal year but they still have […]
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  Dan Walters: California’s Capitol is isolated island with two tribes — Anthropologists probe the evolution of primitive societies, which makes the Capitol a perfect laboratory. It’s an isolated island occupied […]
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  Brown, lawmakers continue budget talks ahead of deadline — California lawmakers have scheduled a vote Monday on a $117.5 billion spending plan that increases social spending for the poor even […]
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  John Myers: We ask California legislators: Do you help draft bills for influential groups? — Multiple state Capitol sources will confirm, quite comfortably as long as they aren’t on the […]
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  Monday’s budget will reflect Legislature’s priorities, not deal with Brown — Lawmakers will pass a budget bill by Monday’s constitutional deadline but, unlike last year, it won’t be something that […]
