Political Briefs Top stories Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin declines U.S. Senate run — Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, considered a rising star of the Republican Party, has chosen not to run for the U.S. Senate. âSheâs letting people know this weekend that sheâs decided against a run,â Swearengin strategist Tim Clark told The Bee ahead of […]
Year: 2015
February 27, 2015
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 Californians sharply divided over hiking state gas tax â California voters think the government should spend more money to help maintain crumbling roads, but they offer mixed views on how […]
February 26, 2015
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 Obama to press ahead on deportation relief as Congress tries to avoid Homeland Security shutdown — Senate leaders moved toward a deal Wednesday to avoid a shutdown of the Homeland […]
Offenders Re-Offending: Are Valley Counties Doing A Better Job?
Guests Public Policy Institute of California Analysts Mia Bird and Ryken Grattet discuss realignment issues with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims & CSU Fresno Criminology Professor Emma Hughes.
February 25, 2015
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 Californiaâs plastic-bag ban suspended by ballot referendum — A trade group has turned in enough signatures to put a referendum on California’s plastic bag ban on the November 2016 ballot, […]
February 24, 2015
Political Briefs Top stories Field Poll: Jerry Brown riding high, but not his big projects — Gov. Jerry Brown remains popular, according to a new poll. But not the big projects he supports, which appear to weigh him down. Although 56 percent of California voters approve of the job Brown is doing, according to a […]
February 23, 2015
Political Briefs Top stories California senator says âwelfare queenâ law must go — The law passed two decades ago, with Democrats in charge of the Legislature: In California, a family that conceives and births an additional child while on welfare is barred from getting an increase in its grant. Today, with Democrats still in the […]
February 22, 2015
Political Briefs Top stories Conniving by crossover voters is more myth than threat — Extensive research in California, a proving ground for various voting permutations over the last two decades, shows that that type of electoral sabotage is just about as prevalent as black-lagoon creatures bidding for a seat on the City Council. LA Times […]
February 21, 2015
Political Briefs Top stories Field Poll: Californians continue to take dim view of Congress — Less than a fifth of California voters approve of Congressâ job performance. California Democrats and no-party preference residents think little of congressional Republicansâ job performance. Even among the stateâs Republicans, only 40 percent approve of their partyâs performance in Congress, […]
February 20, 2015
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 Polluter fees in California could boost state budget, analysts say — California could generate much more revenue from fees on polluters than Gov. Jerry Brown expects, legislative analysts say in a […]