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 Field Poll: Californians increasingly keen on boosting health care for unauthorized immigrants — California voters’ support for extending health care coverage to people in the state illegally is gaining ground, […]

Political Briefs Top stories California officials eying stock market plunge, hoping it won’t last – As the market continued its drop Monday, officials began glancing around for their seat belts. More than most states, California depends heavily on taxing the wealthy, pulling about half its income tax revenue from just 1% of residents in recent […]

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 George Skelton: Legislature’s action on ‘right to die’ bill is fair and square – They’re making lots of sausage now in the California Legislature as it rushes to adjourn 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 Cathleen Decker: Democratic women seek to regain lost ground in Sacramento – In an alarming turn for the state’s dominant political party, women are vanishing from its legislative ranks, traditionally […]

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 Federal judge orders Obama administration to release detained mothers and children – A federal judge ruled late Friday night that the Obama administration has just over two months to begin […]

Political Briefs Top stories John Myers: California congressional races wasted money on TV, says analysis — The modern history of political campaigns really begins with the advent of the 30 second television ad and its ability to blast out messages to a wide audience. But a new report suggests it’s missing the mark, and flags […]

If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories  Leadership gap hinders federal drought plan — The federal response to the Western drought has been hindered by high-level vacancies, bureaucratic caution and political calculations that have thrown sand in the gears. Put another way: […]

If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu. Political Briefs Top stories Report: California cap-and-trade bills seek billions more than available — California lawmakers have proposed spending billions more in cap-and-trade money than is likely to be available, according to a report compiled by an advocacy organization […]

Political Briefs Top stories  John Myers: Tricking tax timing for state lawmakers to fund health care — The fate of a tax that funds health care for California’s poorest citizens seems to be a great example of how in politics, as in life, timing really is everything. And here’s a key question: Is the proposal rolled […]

Political Briefs Top stories John Myers: Big battles to watch in California Legislature’s final month – Legislators return on Monday to Sacramento for the final sprint to the end of this year’s duties, the halfway mark of the two-year legislative session that began in January. Hundreds of bills are left to be debated, covering topics […]