Political Stories Top stories  The price on universal health care is in, and itâs bigger than Californiaâs budget — It would cost $400 billion per year to remake Californiaâs health insurance marketplace and create a publicly funded universal heath care system, according to a state financial analysis released Monday. Sacramento Bee article; Sacramento Bee editorial; LA […]
The Maddy Report – Valley Views Edition
May 15, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans â Supreme Court decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration over the next two months could reveal how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped up deportations. Some of those cases could be decided as […]
April 27, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Fresno State survey: Nearly half of Valley adults worry about deportations for family or friends — Nearly half of adults in the central San Joaquin Valley say they are worried a family member or close friend could be deported by immigration officers, according to survey findings released Wednesday by Fresno Stateâs Institute for […]
April 24, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Itâs time to abolish Californiaâs dysfunctional tax board — The Board of Equalizationâs rationale for being expired decades ago, and the recent revelations just underscore that to the larger public. Itâs time for it to vanish. Walters column in Sacramento Bee  George Skelton: Itâs time for California […]
Valley Health Care Providers: Heal Thyself
Guests:Â State Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula, President Florence Dunn and Provost Wendy Duncan of the California Health Sciences University
April 13, 2017
Political Stories – Top stories A âsanctuary stateâ bill is raising heated debate among California lawmakers. Hereâs how it would work — The proposal, known as the âsanctuary stateâ bill, was sparked by the Trump administrationâs broadened deportation orders. It would expand so-called sanctuary city policies, prohibiting state and local law enforcement agencies, including school police and security departments, […]
California’s Future
Guests:Â PPIC Experts: Eric McGee, Shannon McConville, Caroline Danielson, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Sarah Bohn, Paul Warren, Magnus Lofstrom and Brandon Martin.
April 7, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Gas-tax increase to pay for road repairs clears Legislature — The state Legislature on Thursday passed a sweeping $52 billion transportation plan that will raise California gas taxes after leaders struck deals with wavering lawmakers to fund road projects in their districts. Sacramento Bee article; LA Times article; San Francisco […]
April 6, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Your gas costs â and pothole repair â depend on Jerry Brownâs political skills — As a young governor, Jerry Brown pilloried Proposition 13 as a âfraudâ and a ârip off,â and aligned himself against what became the landmark 1978 measure by Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann to cut property […]
April 5, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Will your income taxes in California go up under Trump? — This year, Californians â particularly affluent Californians â will deduct at least $100 billion in state and local taxes, primarily income taxes, from their federally taxable incomes, thus saving them at least $20 billion. Eliminating the deduction, […]