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 says he’s likely to sign plastic bag bill –  California Gov. Jerry Brown has indicated that he is likely to sign a bill imposing the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic […]

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. Brown signs bills protecting seniors, trafficking victims – Gov. Brown signed a handful of bills this weekend designed to protect California seniors, crack down on human trafficking and prohibit the “gay […]

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: Changes coming to California’s initiative process under new law – Public opinion polls have time and again made two things clear about California’s 113- year-old system of allowing citizens to […]

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 Jerry Brown launches pitch for Props 1 and 2 – Gov. Jerry Brown launched a statewide campaign Friday — not for his own re-election, but for a pair of state ballot measures that he […]

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 Money flows in campaign to support, oppose North Fork casino project – Money continues flowing into Proposition 48, a referendum to stop the compact that approved the 305-acre North Fork Mono Rancheria […]

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: Biden to stump for Renteria in Bakersfield – Vice President Joe Biden will visit Bakersfield on Oct. 7 to support the congressional campaign of Democrat Amanda Renteria.  Bakersfield Californian article; Fresno Bee […]

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 Number of ‘no party preference’ voters climbs again – The ranks of voters without political party affiliations continued to grow in California, according to data released Tuesday by Secretary of State […]

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 Ashley Swearengin stands by her independence after controversial state GOP convention – Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin was in and out of the state Republican convention in Los Angeles in less than […]

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 In speech to state GOP, Kashkari blasts ‘coddled prince’ Brown – Arguing that he has led California’s embattled Republican Party toward a “transformational” moment, gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari on Sunday insisted […]

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 A show of disunity at California GOP convention –  It was a double indignity for Neel Kashkari this weekend when not just one but two fellow Republicans on November’s statewide ballot […]