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 Jerry Brown defends agriculture’s water use amid drought — Gov. Jerry Brown defended the agriculture industry’s heavy water use in an interview aired Sunday, but he said historic water rights […]

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: Jerry Brown now owns California’s big drought — Brown is now engaged, but may have left himself open to criticism that it’s too late and too little. And […]

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 Half a million California immigrants seek licenses, exceeding projections — A surge of undocumented immigrants seeking driver’s licenses has caught the California Department of Motor Vehicles off guard and underscored […]

Political Briefs Top stories Drought will prove a formidable opponent in Brown’s final term — It wasn’t the way he intended to make his mark in his final term as governor, but Mother Nature had other plans. With no relief from the drought in sight, his most critical tasks will be rallying Californians to conserve […]

Political Briefs Top stories Dan Walters Daily: Independent voters surge in California — Voters with no party affiliation are taking over the California electorate, Dan says.  Dan Walters Daily in Sacramento Bee Protestors to demand CalSTRS unload firearms investments — The California Federation of Teachers plans a protest at a CalSTRS board meeting in West […]

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  U.S. Supreme Court decision could curtain Medi-Cal lawsuits — During California’s budget crisis, attempts to cut costs by reducing public services often became tied up in litigation. But on Tuesday, the […]

Top stories 24 percent of voters registered without political preference — New state figures continue the trend of the fastest growing segment of the California electorate registering without any political affiliation. Secretary of State Alex Padilla released voter registration figures on Monday showing almost 24 percent of voters have no party preference. The report says […]

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 leaders routinely use private email — Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and other top elected officials in California acknowledge using personal email accounts to conduct government business, […]

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 Gender inequities persist on California Capitol payroll — Two days after actress Patricia Arquette made an impassioned call for women to be paid equally to men as she accepted an Academy […]

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  Jerry Brown signs drought-relief package — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $1.1 billion drought relief and flood protection package Friday, as California’s dry conditions stretch into a fourth year. The […]