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, […]

Political Briefs Top stories Cathleen Decker: Trickle-down politics: Drought could force real change among city, state leaders — It’s something of a relief, if a mixed one, that the drought has surged into the role of the latest scourge to freak out California. It’s a relief in the sense that it means that the California […]

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  ‘Sanctuary cities’ are focus of new immigration fight — The rekindled immigration debate is shifting beyond the theatrics of presidential politics and defying traditional partisan lines. Congressional Republicans are working […]

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 Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduces $1.3-billion California drought-relief bill –  Sen. Dianne Feinstein filed her long-awaited legislative response to California’s water crisis on Wednesday, hoping to broker a compromise that has […]

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  Assembly GOP leader talks policy – From water to education reform to a full-fledged California State University campus for Stockton, Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen touched on a wide range of […]

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 Walters: Publishing appellate decisions – The Sacramento region’s state appeals court declared three decades ago that when a corporation hires lobbyists to pass a bill, it loses its claim […]