POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Modesto voters get seven choices for next mayor to lead city in tough times Modesto Bee Modesto voters will pick among seven mayoral candidates in the Nov. 3 election, the largest number of office-seekers in at least four decades. And they range in experience from a church pastor to […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Why did Merced County move to red tier sooner than expected? New ‘equity metric’ helped Merced Sun-Star Merced County’s increased reopening took place one week earlier than initially projected by county officials due to a recently implemented equity metric that is taken into account by the state, County Public […]

POLICY & POLITICS Robert Costa (PBS Wash Week) Returns to Discuss 2020 Election in Virtual President’s Lecture Series (Free) Fresno State Costa will be the featured speaker for a first-ever virtual version of the President’s Lecture Series at Fresno State, less than a month before the 2020 presidential election.  The President’s Lecture with Costa is […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: After racist social media posts, Calif Democrats thought this race was locked up. Is it? Fresno Bee Democratic Rep. Josh Harder didn’t make the list of the GOP’s top targets for 2020. The freshman Calif congressman looked practically safe in a purple district just two years after unseating four-term […]

POLICY & POLITICS It’s in the mail: Calif sending ballots to all voters Fresno Bee The Nov. 3 election will test Califns’ commitment to voting by mail as the nation’s most populous state offers far fewer in-person polling places, hoping that during a pandemic voters will choose to cast ballots from the safety of their […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Merced County total COVID-19 cases pass 9K. Outlook for reopening economy still improving Merced Sun-Star The total number of Merced County residents who have contracted the novel coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic surpassed 9,000 on Thursday.  An additional 26 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday by […]

POLICY & POLITICS Your Calif mail ballot is coming. 5 things to do to make sure it gets counted Sac Bee Calif has hit a record number of registered voters this year, and thanks to an executive order issued this year from Gov. Gavin Newsom, all 21 million of them will be receiving a ballot […]

POLICY & POLITICS Your Calif mail ballot is coming. 5 things to do to make sure it gets counted Sac Bee Calif has hit a record number of registered voters this year, and thanks to an executive order issued this year from Gov. Gavin Newsom, all 21 million of them will be receiving a ballot […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Stanislaus is so close to meeting red tier criteria. Many businesses to remain closed Modesto Bee Stanislaus County was very close in a coronavirus update Tuesday to meeting the second criteria for moving to a less restrictive tier in the state’s plan for safely reopening the economy. But the […]

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