TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​ Local/Regional Politics: Downtown hotel project in Fresno Fresno Bee A $645,000 deal to sell a plot of land in the midst of the Fresno Convention Center complex for a potential downtown hotel was unanimously approved Thursday by the Fresno City Council. The sale involves a 0.74-acre parcel at the corner of Inyo and M […]

TOP POLITICAL STORIES ​​​​​​​ Local/Regional Politics: Former mayor of Sanger may be in trouble for possible conflict of interest on some of his votes abc30 Joshua Mitchell insisted his resignation in June 2015 had nothing to do with investigations by the District Attorney’s Office and the state Fair Political Practices Commission, the FPPC. Mitchell told […]

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​   Local/Regional Politics: Two California Republican members join GOP push for DACA fix this year LA Times California Reps. David Valadao and Jeff Denham are joining House Republican colleagues in pushing Speaker Paul D. Ryan to find a legislative fix before the end of the year for the legal status of people brought to the country […]

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​  Local/Regional Politics: An exclusive offer for our Maddy Institute supporters World-renowned Shen Yun Performing Arts will have 2 shows with its all-new 2018 production at the William Saroyan Theatre in Fresno on 12/26 (7:30 PM) and 12/27 (2:00 PM). Get the processing fees waived by using our private promo code: 2018SY39 City manager used taxpayers’ […]

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​ Local/Regional Politics: As governor, Delaine Eastin would seek to improve education, housing, health care at Maddy Institute Event Fresno Bee As governor, Delaine Eastin,would focus on improving education, housing, health care and care of children of immigrants. Video. State panel likes Riverview Drive access to San Joaquin River Fresno Bee With Lt. Gov. […]

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​  Local/Regional Politics: Thank you! #ThankYouWednesday The Maddy Institute On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of the Maddy Institute, we want to thank you for your support during our #GivingTuesday campaign. Since we are a non-profit, we rely on the generous contributions from people like you to make all of […]

TOP POLITICAL STORIES​​​​​​​ Local/Regional Politics: #GivingTuesday The Maddy Institute Are you dismayed by the decline in civil discourse? Is there something you’d like to do to encourage more thoughtful fact-based discussions of the key public policy issues so, together, we can tackle the big issues confronting the Valley and State? If your answer to these […]