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 Brown says heâs likely to sign plastic bag bill â  California Gov. Jerry Brown has indicated that he is likely to sign a bill imposing the nationâs first statewide ban on single-use plastic […]
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September 29, 2014
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 Gov. Brown signs bills protecting seniors, trafficking victims â Gov. Brown signed a handful of bills this weekend designed to protect California seniors, crack down on human trafficking and prohibit the âgay […]
September 28, 2014
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 John Myers: Changes coming to Californiaâs initiative process under new law â Public opinion polls have time and again made two things clear about Californiaâs 113- year-old system of allowing citizens to […]
September 27, 2014
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 launches pitch for Props 1 and 2 â Gov. Jerry Brown launched a statewide campaign Friday â not for his own re-election, but for a pair of state ballot measures that he […]
September 26, 2014
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 Money flows in campaign to support, oppose North Fork casino project â Money continues flowing into Proposition 48, a referendum to stop the compact that approved the 305-acre North Fork Mono Rancheria […]
September 25, 2014
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 CD21: Biden to stump for Renteria in Bakersfield â Vice President Joe Biden will visit Bakersfield on Oct. 7 to support the congressional campaign of Democrat Amanda Renteria.  Bakersfield Californian article; Fresno Bee […]
September 24, 2014
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 Number of âno party preferenceâ voters climbs again â The ranks of voters without political party affiliations continued to grow in California, according to data released Tuesday by Secretary of State […]
September 23, 2014
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 Ashley Swearengin stands by her independence after controversial state GOP convention â Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin was in and out of the state Republican convention in Los Angeles in less than […]
September 22, 2014
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 In speech to state GOP, Kashkari blasts âcoddled princeâ Brown â Arguing that he has led Californiaâs embattled Republican Party toward a âtransformationalâ moment, gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari on Sunday insisted […]
September 21, 2014
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 A show of disunity at California GOP convention â  It was a double indignity for Neel Kashkari this weekend when not just one but two fellow Republicans on Novemberâs statewide ballot […]