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 George Skelton: Productive lawmakers can thank a retooled system – It was a moderately productive two-year session that the Legislature wrapped up at the witching hour Saturday. Credit mainly voter-approved reforms. This […]
Visalia Republican and Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway talks with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.
Guest Bill Lockyer, former leader of the California State Senate, former Attorney General and current California State Treasurer talks with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Don Jackson, political advisor to former Senate Minority Leader Ken Maddy; Paul Hurley, former editorial page editor of the Visalia Times-Delta; and UC Merced […]
Guests State Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor, Gov. Brown’s Finance Spokesperson HD Palmer and KQED Senior Editor for Government, and KQED’s Senior Editor John Myers discuss the new state budget with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Jeff Cummins, a Fresno State political science professor, and former Visalia Times-Delta editorial page editor Paul Hurley.
Guests Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California; John Kabateck, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses/California; Duane Donner, president/CEO of the California Hospital Association; and Charlies Bacchi, executive vice president of the California Association of Health Plans, discuss the Affordable Care Act with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary […]
Guest state Sen. Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Harte) and state Assemblymembers Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals) and Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) discuss the state of California Republicans with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Fresno State political science professor Tom Holyoke and UC Merced political science professor Nate Monroe.
Guests Ryan Woolsey, fiscal and policy analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and Todd Blank, deputy director of the Welfare to Work Division of the California Department of Social Services, discuss the CalFresh program with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by John Palm, program manager with CalFresh, and Andy Souza, CEO […]
Guests David Panush, Director of External Affairs at Covered California; & Dan Weintraub, Editor of the CA Health Report discuss the Affordable Care Act with Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Sarah Reyes, Regional Program Manager of Central Valley at The California Endowment and Bill McEwen of the Fresno Bee.
Guests Lillian Mongeau, reporter from EdSource Today; & Molly Tafoya, Early Edge California speak about the idea of universal pre-kindergarten education with Maddy Institute Director Dr. Mark Keppler. Radio Commentary provided by Kendra Rogers, Executive Director First Five Fresno; & Michael Hanson, Superintendent Fresno Unified School District.
Guests John Myers, Political Reporter at KQED; Dan Morain, Editorial Page Editor for the Sacramento Bee; and Laurel Rosenhall, Reporter from the Sacramento Bee, discuss corruption at the California State Capitol with Mark Keppler, Executive Director of the Maddy Institute. Radio commentary provided by Paul Hurley of the Visalia Times Delta, and Bill McEwen of the […]
