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 boosts would also affect poor — It’s fairly certain that the 2016 California ballot will include at least one, and perhaps several, tax increase measures. It will […]

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 State revenues surge in April, could exceed estimates by billions through June — California income tax collections in April have already exceeded the Brown administration’s January estimates, underscoring the surge […]

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 For statewide change, advocates are making their battles local –  As the state’s plastic grocery bag ban sits on hold, pending the outcome of a 2016 ballot measure that could […]

Political Briefs Top stories California vaccine bill approved by committee on second try – Legislation requiring vaccinations for nearly all California schoolchildren revived Wednesday, winning the approval of a Senate committee that a week earlier looked poised to reject the measure.  Sacramento Bee article; KQED report; LA Times article; San Jose Mercury article; San Francisco […]

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 vaccine bill changes seek to protect education — With a crucial committee vote looming, a California bill conditioning school enrollment on vaccination has been amended to allow unvaccinated 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 Dan Walters: Big emotions drives two major bills in California — Californians are fairly apathetic when it comes to politics, as demonstrated by their abysmally low levels of voting. 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 Money shapes power of Capitol committees — A KQED and Maplight.org analysis of data, along with interviews with current and former lawmakers, shows that the most powerful committee chairs 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 California vaccine legislation spurs legal debate over right to education — California’s Constitution spells out the right to a free public education, and lawmakers have fortified that guarantee over 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 Pot startup donates $2 million in bid to legalize marijuana in California – One of California’s largest marijuana-related apps is donating $2 million toward the drive to legalize weed in […]

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 KQED Political Muscle:  For California’s powerful, following the law often means writing it yourself — Cooley is one of dozens of legislators who introduce “sponsored bills,” legislation instigated by outside […]