Political Briefs Top stories California’s cap-and-trade program is key to Gov. Jerry Brown’s agenda – For Gov. Jerry Brown, fighting climate change is more than a central tenet of his political agenda. It’s also a key source of funding. California’s cap-and-trade program, in which permits to pollute are traded and fees are levied, has been […]

Political Briefs Top stories Jerry Brown’s new budget plan freezes UC tuition, offers new tax credit for poor – Gov. Jerry Brown presented a revised $115.3 billion general fund spending plan Thursday that includes hundreds of millions in additional money for the University of California in return for a tuition freeze on in-state students. Sacramento […]

Political Briefs Top stories Gov. Jerry Brown wants tax credit for poor in California’s budget — Gov. Jerry Brown, who has faced criticism for not doing more to combat persistent poverty in California, will include a new tax credit for the state’s poorest families in his revised budget plan Thursday.  LA Times article; Sacramento Bee […]

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: Tax break for California’s poor? — The Legislature’s majority Democrats have claimed poverty as this year’s spotlight issue – with good reason.  Walters column in Sacramento Bee California […]

Political Briefs Top stories Gov. Brown, legislators, state officials get 3 percent raise — A committee appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown voted Monday to give 3 percent raises and better benefits to the governor, top statewide elected officials and California lawmakers, the third consecutive annual pay increase after their salaries were cut during the recession. […]

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 Gov. Jerry Brown to boost school spending amid surplus — Lawmakers expect Gov. Jerry Brown to suggest spending more tax dollars on public schools and community colleges while asking for […]

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 Arizona redistricting case could shake up Valley congressional districts – A political battle is raging next door in Arizona that could have major ramifications in California — especially in the […]

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 Judge grants Kamala Harris a delay in processing anti-gay ballot initiative — California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday received an extension of next week’s deadline to process a proposed […]

Political Briefs Top stories Union-led coalition launches campaign to change Proposition 13 — A coalition of public employee unions and other liberal groups, including many churches, launched a campaign Thursday to alter Proposition 13, California’s iconic property tax limit, and raise billions of dollars by hiking taxes on commercial property.  Capitol Alert  Political parties targeting […]

Political Briefs Top stories Jerry Brown to water tunnel critics: ‘Shut up’ — Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday that critics of his twin tunnels water diversion plan should “shut up” until they spend more time studying it, defending the project and strict water conservation rules as California grapples with a fourth year of drought.  Sacramento […]