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 Without immigration reform, California citizenship will have to do –  It started with in-state tuition. Then came driver’s licenses, new rules designed to limit deportations and state-funded healthcare for children. […]

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  40 years later, Jerry Brown is still evolving on agricultural labor law — Though the Democratic governor signed the labor relations act when he was governor before, from 1975 […]

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  Prompted by Sodomite Suppression Act, bill would raise initiative filing fees tenfold — A bill in the state Senate would raise the filing fee for a proposed ballot initiative tenfold, […]

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 California lawmakers raise more than $24 million in first half of 2015 — Recently filed campaign-finance reports show that, during one of the quieter stretches on the political calendar, members […]

Political Briefs Top stories Valley GOP leader wants party’s immigration stance to be less offensive — It’s been a hard, two-decades-long fall for California’s Republican Party, and one of the major reasons has been its alienation of Latino voters. Some in the party say tweaking the immigration plank of the state party’s platform might help […]

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  Central San Joaquin Valley leaders split on sprawling GOP presidential field — With many choices for president, most Republican leaders in the central San Joaquin Valley haven’t settled on a […]

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 Thousands of California felons keep right to vote after Padilla announcement – Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Tuesday he won’t appeal a voting rights decision against the state, guaranteeing […]

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 California legislators jockey to find water solution — Publicly and privately, California lawmakers are pushing to get a big water bill off its current glacial pace. But history cautions that […]

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 Morain: Political watchdog takes a break — The watchdog seems to be taking a little nap. Or perhaps the politicians, lobbyists and consultants suddenly are on their best behavior. […]

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  Analysis: Drought bill déjà vu strikes (again) – You can be forgiven for thinking that the latest round of dueling federal drought bills sounds familiar. It is. On July 16, […]