Political Stories Top stories California union fees case spurring late-session talks at Capitol – Education unions want Gov. Jerry Brown to embrace a late-session measure they hope would shield them from possibly debilitating financial effects of a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision. Sacramento Bee article Amended assisted death bill heads to Assembly floor – The […]

Political Stories Top stories Jerry Brown’s transportation plan includes taxes, cap-and-trade dollars — A draft proposal from Brown’s office, shared by a group supportive of more funding that was briefed by the Governor’s Office, incorporates ideas that have been pushed by both Democrats and by Republicans, who agree on the need for more funding but not on […]

Top stories California bills on guns, police video and pension funds await governor’s signature — State lawmakers on Wednesday sent the governor bills that would ban concealed guns from schools and college campuses in California, make it a felony for police officers to alter or delete video evidence, and require the state’s public pension funds to […]

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 Speculation flares on Kristin Olsen’s political ambition – Kristin Olsen wasn’t ready to reveal her next political move, even as California Assembly Republicans on Tuesday selected someone to replace her as […]

Political Briefs Top stories Democratic hopes for California tax increase hinge on GOP votes — A handful of Republicans would have to join majority Democrats to raise taxes in the special session – a political risk even a vigilant tax-fighter like Fleischman now believes is unlikely. Sacramento Bee article Democrats have lots of ideas on […]

Political Briefs Top stories Time for another water bond? Draft language floating — It hasn’t been a year since Californians approved a $7.5 billion water bond. But with drought still ravaging the state – and Democratic-heavy turnout expected in November 2016 – a former Brown administration official is mulling asking voters to approve a follow-up […]

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 Historic climate-change bills in California go down to the wire — With the deadline for lawmakers to finish their work less than two weeks away, Gov. Jerry Brown and state […]

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, Senate Democrats find unlikely fight on climate bills — With two weeks before the legislative session ends, senators are floating amendments to their proposals in an effort to […]

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 Jean Fuller’s ascension cements region as GOP power base — Bakersfield Republican Jean Fuller was elected Thursday as state Senate minority leader, more than two months ahead of her originally […]

Political Briefs Top stories  California voters support increasing tobacco tax, raising minimum wage —  About two-thirds of California voters support increasing the state cigarette tax by $2 a pack, and a similar percentage would back a minimum wage hike to $15 an hour, according to a Field Poll released Wednesday. Sacramento Bee article; KQED report […]