TOP POLITICAL STORIES California’s 2018 governor’s race is going to be big. Find out who’s in and what’s next Los Angeles Times “This is a place that embodies the future – ethnically, economically and attitudinally,” said Darry Sragow, a veteran Democratic consultant in Los Angeles who is unaligned in the race. Longtime Villaraigosa ally Jose Huizar […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES What Will Happen to California After Trump’s Exit From Paris Accord? KQED As President Trump announced the U.S. would leave the Paris climate accord, California’s political leaders quickly declared that the state would step up on the international stage. Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement PoliFact President […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES Dan Walters leaving The Sacramento Bee after 57 years as a journalist Sacramento Bee He later became the Union’s Capitol bureau chief, and in 1981 began writing the state’s only daily newspaper column devoted to California political, economic and social events. In 1984, he and the column moved to The Sacramento Bee. “While Dan Walters … […]
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 California leaders routinely use private email — Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and other top elected officials in California acknowledge using personal email accounts to conduct government business, […]
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 Gender inequities persist on California Capitol payroll — Two days after actress Patricia Arquette made an impassioned call for women to be paid equally to men as she accepted an Academy […]
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 Government DNA collection under scrutiny in California – As scientists have mapped the personalized blueprints contained in each strand of DNA, the government has been collecting and storing reams of […]
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 California lawmakers took less free travel in 2014 – Journeys funded by foreign governments and industry-backed nonprofits afforded California lawmakers abundant opportunities to get out of Sacramento last year, but […]
Political Briefs Top stories State redistricting plan under scrutiny at Supreme Court — Supreme Court justices raised tough questions Monday about Arizona’s use of an independent commission to draw legislative maps, in a case crucial for political operators and reformers in California and beyond. Conservative justices, in particular, sounded skeptical about independent redistricting commissions that […]
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 – California voters think the government should spend more money to help maintain crumbling roads, but they offer mixed views on how […]
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 […]
