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 Fresno federal court docket shows effect of immigration law changes – For years,federal law enforcement officials in Fresno went after deported immigrants who had illegally crossed back over the U.S. […]
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 Senate offers 24-hour rides for lawmakers too drunk to drive — California Senate officials earlier this year hired two part-time employees to provide late-night and early-morning rides for members […]
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 makes case for tunnels project to business, civic leaders — Calling it a “challenge we have to respond to,” Gov. Jerry Brown told hundreds of business owners and others […]
To receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning, email: ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories  John Myers: California budget fight: Predictions more than programs — In the post-recession era of California budgets, there’s wide consensus that the state needs to “live within its means,” a jab at the spending that paved the way for almost a […]
To receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning, email: ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu Political Briefs  Top stories  Brown, lawmakers divided on budget estimates — Two weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown released his revised budget proposal, Democratic lawmakers are pushing their own spending plans that include hundreds of millions of dollars more for child care, healthcare and […]
If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories  Tax proposals by unions, activists may loosen Brown’s grip on budget — When it comes to California’s roller-coaster finances, Gov. Jerry Brown has bent lawmakers and voters to his will, rejecting new spending programs, passing a […]
If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories  Dan Walters: California’s sales tax is obsolete, needs to be fixed — Comprehensive sales tax reform should close at least some of the loopholes in the current system. It makes no sense, for example, to treat […]
If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories  Dan Walters: California’s sales tax is obsolete, needs to be fixed — Comprehensive sales tax reform should close at least some of the loopholes in the current system. It makes no sense, for example, to treat […]
Political Briefs Top stories Legislative Democrats propose broad expansion of child care — Legislative Democrats put forward separate approaches this week to significantly increase spending on child care programs, amid wariness by influential school groups and hostility from the Brown administration. Capitol Alert California lawmakers act to mandate vaccines for day care workers – California […]
Political Briefs Top stories UC regents endorse Brown’s funding plan, but look to lawmakers for more — The UC regents on Thursday embraced Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal, which would significantly boost funding for the 10-campus system, freeze tuition for in-state undergraduates for two years and require the university system to reform its pension plan […]
