Long-time Sacramento Bee reporter Dan Walters talks with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by John Ellis, political reporter for the Fresno Bee; UC Merced political science professor Nate Monroe; and Fresno State political science professor Tom Holyoke. ORIGINAL AIR DATE: JULY 2, 2013
Guests John Borkovich, supervising senior engineer geologist, Ground Water Programs, State Water Resources Control Board, and Mark Grossi, environmental reporter for the Fresno Bee discuss the legacy of nitrate contamination with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio Commentary provided by Laurel Firestone, attorney with the Community Water Center; Dave Orth, GM of Kings River […]
Tom Richards, vice chairman of the CA High Speed Rail Authority, and Brian Weatherford from the LAO discuss the high speed rail project with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler on this episode of the Maddy Report. Radio commentary provided by Assemblymember Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) and Lee Ann Eager, president and CEO of the Fresno […]
Guests John Harris, prominent west-side farmer and CEO and chairman of Harris Farms, and Pete Weber, former corporate executive and current leader in CA Forward and CA Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, discuss CA’s trade efforts with China with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by John Grubb, chief of staff […]
Guests Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway (R-Visalia) and State Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres) discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013 May Revise. (Other guests are Dan Walters, columnist for the Sacramento Bee; John Myers, Political Editor for ABC 10 in Sacramento; and Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst in the LAO.) ORIGINAL AIR DATE: JUNE 3, 2013
For the last 22 years, our guest has served as President of California State University, Fresno — commonly referred to as “Fresno State.” A fierce fund-raiser whose commitment to academics and research boosted Fresno State’s profile, he will retire as President at the end of the academic school year. President Welty will comment on this […]
There are 72 community college districts and 112 community colleges in CA. Under the state’s Master Plan for Higher Education, community colleges have offered an open door to anyone who wanted to attend. A new task force suggests that after years of state funding cuts, however, community colleges can no longer be all things to […]
Political columnist George Skelton has seen a lot since he started covering state politics in 1974. A lot has changed in CA from Ronald Reagan being Governor to the passage of Prop 13 in 1978 that limited property taxes, to Prop 98 in 1988 that continues to mandate a minimum level of school funding, to […]
Californians have historically placed a high value on higher education. California’s universities have generally been viewed as among the best in the world. However, as the cost of providing higher education keeps rising, the UC and CSU systems have seen significant cuts in state funding in the last few years. While the economy and the […]
The CA Environmental Quality Act is generally recognized as the strongest state environmental law in the nation. Signed by then Gov. Reagan in 1970, CEQA initially applied only to public agencies. The CA Supreme Court later extended its reach to private development. Under CEQA, agencies such as cities and counties must identify the environmental effects, […]
