Political Briefs Top stories  Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin declines U.S. Senate run — Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, considered a rising star of the Republican Party, has chosen not to run for the U.S. Senate. “She’s letting people know this weekend that she’s decided against a run,” Swearengin strategist Tim Clark told The Bee ahead of […]

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 Californians sharply divided over hiking state gas tax – California voters think the government should spend more money to help maintain crumbling roads, but they offer mixed views on how […]

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 Obama to press ahead on deportation relief as Congress tries to avoid Homeland Security shutdown — Senate leaders moved toward a deal Wednesday to avoid a shutdown of the Homeland […]

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’s plastic-bag ban suspended by ballot referendum — A trade group has turned in enough signatures to put a referendum on California’s plastic bag ban on the November 2016 ballot, […]

Political Briefs Top stories Field Poll: Jerry Brown riding high, but not his big projects — Gov. Jerry Brown remains popular, according to a new poll. But not the big projects he supports, which appear to weigh him down. Although 56 percent of California voters approve of the job Brown is doing, according to a […]

Political Briefs Top stories  California senator says ‘welfare queen’ law must go — The law passed two decades ago, with Democrats in charge of the Legislature: In California, a family that conceives and births an additional child while on welfare is barred from getting an increase in its grant. Today, with Democrats still in the […]

Political Briefs Top stories Conniving by crossover voters is more myth than threat — Extensive research in California, a proving ground for various voting permutations over the last two decades, shows that that type of electoral sabotage is just about as prevalent as black-lagoon creatures bidding for a seat on the City Council.  LA Times […]

Political Briefs Top stories  Field Poll: Californians continue to take dim view of Congress — Less than a fifth of California voters approve of Congress’ job performance. California Democrats and no-party preference residents think little of congressional Republicans’ job performance. Even among the state’s Republicans, only 40 percent approve of their party’s performance in Congress, […]

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 Polluter fees in California could boost state budget, analysts say — California could generate much more revenue from fees on polluters than Gov. Jerry Brown expects, legislative analysts say in a […]