20Oct

Mark Torres

Mark Torres Director of Business Development at Organizer Mark Torres interned in Fall 2008 at the Fresno office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein while enrolled in the Masters of Public Administration Program at CSU Fresno.  Upon completing his internship at Senator Feinstein’s office, Mark joined the staff of Rep. Jim Costa’s office in Fresno as […]

20Oct

Jason Oh

Jason Oh Gregoire Fellow at the University of Washington School of Law pursuing his Juris Doctorate degree Jason Oh interned in the Summer of 2015 at the Sacramento office of Assemblymember Jim Patterson.  Upon completing his internship, Jason graduated with a Bachelor in Science in Agricultural Business and a minor in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from California […]

20Oct

Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown Program Supervisor at California Olive Committee Elizabeth interned in the Fall of 2015 at the Fresno office of Congressman Jim Costa and in the Summer of 2016 at his office in Washington D.C. “The Maddy Institute provided me with an experience to last a lifetime. If it wasn’t for this opportunity I would […]

20Oct

Iqbal Atwal

Iqbal Atwal Manager at Graduate Recruitment, Retention & Outreach at UC Merced, Graduate Division Iqbal Atwal interned as a Maddy Legislative Intern in the Spring of 2012 in the Merced office of Senator Anthony Cannella while finishing up his Masters of Public Administration at CSU Stanislaus. After finishing his requirements with the Maddy Institute, Iqbal […]

20Oct

October 20, 2017

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​   Local/Regional Politics:   Downtown Fresno Property Owners Await Fulton Street Reopening Valley Public Radio For 53 years downtown Fresno’s main street was a car-free zone. But after a year and a half of construction, the six-block long Fulton Mall has been removed, and replaced by Fulton Street. Backers hope the project […]

19Oct

October 19, 2017

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​   Local/Regional Politics:   Chevron announces it will cut its local workforce by 26 percent Bakersfield Californian Reacting to depressed crude oil prices that dropped by half in 2014 and have still not recovered, Chevron will reassign or lay off 26 percent of its Central California workforce — about 300 employees — […]

18Oct

October 18, 2017

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​   Top Level:   Al Galvez will run against District 2 incumbant Supervisor David Rogers Sierra Star Al Galvez, current Madera Unified School District Board of Trustees president, and Central Valley executive with PG&E, announced Tuesday he will run for the Madera County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat currently held by […]

17Oct

October 17, 2017

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​   Local/Regional Politics: Press Release – Republican Candidate for Governor John Cox in Fresno The Maddy Institute On Tuesday, October 17th, The Maddy Institute will be hosting Republican Candidate for Governor John Cox. Business and Community leaders have been invited to attend this private event.   Longtime Bee editor joins Rep. Jim Costa’s office […]