If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories California physicians end opposition to aid-in-dying bill – The California Medical Assn. on Wednesday withdrew its opposition to a bill allowing physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs for terminally ill patients who want to hasten […]

If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories Analyst predicts California revenue will exceed revised budget estimate by $3 billion — The Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analyst has issued a far more optimistic view of California’s tax revenue picture than Gov. Jerry Brown, predicting the […]

To receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning, email: ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu Political Briefs Top stories  New forecast shows slight increase in state revenues — With just over a week left in the Legislature’s current special session, lawmakers received an early revenue forecast Monday that shows they have a little more money to work with […]

Political Briefs Top stories  As California withers, federal water bill mired in secrecy — Five months into a new Congress, and deep into a lasting drought, California water legislation still stymies and splits the state’s lawmakers. Draft copies are tightly held, as if stamped Top Secret. Myriad details are in flux. The legislative timing, though […]

Political Briefs Top stories As California withers, federal water bill mired in secrecy — Five months into a new Congress, and deep into a lasting drought, California water legislation still stymies and splits the state’s lawmakers. Draft copies are tightly held, as if stamped Top Secret. Myriad details are in flux. The legislative timing, though […]

Political Briefs Top stories California’s cap-and-trade program is key to Gov. Jerry Brown’s agenda – For Gov. Jerry Brown, fighting climate change is more than a central tenet of his political agenda. It’s also a key source of funding. California’s cap-and-trade program, in which permits to pollute are traded and fees are levied, has been […]

Political Briefs Top stories Jerry Brown’s new budget plan freezes UC tuition, offers new tax credit for poor – Gov. Jerry Brown presented a revised $115.3 billion general fund spending plan Thursday that includes hundreds of millions in additional money for the University of California in return for a tuition freeze on in-state students. Sacramento […]

Political Briefs Top stories Gov. Jerry Brown wants tax credit for poor in California’s budget — Gov. Jerry Brown, who has faced criticism for not doing more to combat persistent poverty in California, will include a new tax credit for the state’s poorest families in his revised budget plan Thursday.  LA Times article; Sacramento 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 Dan Walters: Tax break for California’s poor? — The Legislature’s majority Democrats have claimed poverty as this year’s spotlight issue – with good reason.  Walters column in Sacramento Bee California […]

Political Briefs Top stories Gov. Brown, legislators, state officials get 3 percent raise — A committee appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown voted Monday to give 3 percent raises and better benefits to the governor, top statewide elected officials and California lawmakers, the third consecutive annual pay increase after their salaries were cut during the recession. […]