“Downtown Fresno: Will $300M Kickstart a Once-in-a-Lifetime Renaissance?“ Wednesday, October 26, 2023 âCalifornia Politics: A Business Perspectiveâ Jennifer Barrera President and CEO, California Chamber of Commerce âU.S. Supreme Court: Breaking Precedence?â Aaron Tang University of California, Davis Professor of Law âFrom Chief Justice to Think Tank CEO: A Conversation with a Public Policy Influencerâ Toni […]
Political Stories Top stories Big government borrowing means payback time â someday â A huge new set of government borrowing data from the California Treasurerâs Office for the first time details how government entities â from the state on down to counties, cities and special districts â planned to repay $1.5 trillion in bonds sold since […]
Political Briefs Top stories Union-led coalition launches campaign to change Proposition 13 — A coalition of public employee unions and other liberal groups, including many churches, launched a campaign Thursday to alter Proposition 13, Californiaâs iconic property tax limit, and raise billions of dollars by hiking taxes on commercial property. Capitol Alert Political parties targeting […]
Maddy Institute at Fresno State focuses on agriculture, politics and health care | Opinion, Fresno Bee (March 26, 2024) Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux joins race to fill Kevin McCarthy’s seat, ABC30 (December 14, 2023) Chris Micheli Maddy Institute (December 4, 2023) How $300 million for Fresnoâs downtown will be spent. What gets built first, […]
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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 âequity metricâ helped Merced Sun-Star Merced Countyâs 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 Presidentâs Lecture Series at Fresno State, less than a month before the 2020 presidential election. The Presidentâs 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 didnât make the list of the GOPâs top targets for 2020. The freshman Calif congressman looked practically safe in a purple district just two years after unseating four-term […]
