Fresno State President Joseph Castro talks about the university’s future with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Pete Weber, member of the CA State University, Fresno Presidential Search Committee; Dr. Lisa Weston, ASI Faculty President; and Moses Menchaca, ASI President. ORIGINAL AIR DATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
California and the San Joaquin Valley have a higher share of undocumented farmworkers than anywhere in the nation. Estimates are that 60 to 70 percent of CA farmworkers are undocumented. In an unusual show of general consensus, advocates for both farmers and farm workers generally agree that the current immigration system simply does not work. […]
Guests Professor Manuel Pastor, director of the USC Center for the Study of Immigration Integration; Gabriela Villareal, policy manager of teh CA Immigrant Center; and Glen Goto, CEO of the Raisin Bargaining Association, discuess iimmigration reform with Maddy Institute Executive director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno), Jeff Denham (R-Turlock), and […]
Long-time Sacramento Bee reporter Dan Walters talks with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by John Ellis, political reporter for the Fresno Bee; UC Merced political science professor Nate Monroe; and Fresno State political science professor Tom Holyoke. ORIGINAL AIR DATE: JULY 2, 2013
Guests John Borkovich, supervising senior engineer geologist, Ground Water Programs, State Water Resources Control Board, and Mark Grossi, environmental reporter for the Fresno Bee discuss the legacy of nitrate contamination with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio Commentary provided by Laurel Firestone, attorney with the Community Water Center; Dave Orth, GM of Kings River […]
Tom Richards, vice chairman of the CA High Speed Rail Authority, and Brian Weatherford from the LAO discuss the high speed rail project with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler on this episode of the Maddy Report. Radio commentary provided by Assemblymember Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) and Lee Ann Eager, president and CEO of the Fresno […]
Guests John Harris, prominent west-side farmer and CEO and chairman of Harris Farms, and Pete Weber, former corporate executive and current leader in CA Forward and CA Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, discuss CA’s trade efforts with China with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by John Grubb, chief of staff […]
Guests Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway (R-Visalia) and State Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres) discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013 May Revise. (Other guests are Dan Walters, columnist for the Sacramento Bee; John Myers, Political Editor for ABC 10 in Sacramento; and Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst in the LAO.) ORIGINAL AIR DATE: JUNE 3, 2013
For the last 22 years, our guest has served as President of California State University, Fresno — commonly referred to as “Fresno State.” A fierce fund-raiser whose commitment to academics and research boosted Fresno State’s profile, he will retire as President at the end of the academic school year. President Welty will comment on this […]
There are 72 community college districts and 112 community colleges in CA. Under the state’s Master Plan for Higher Education, community colleges have offered an open door to anyone who wanted to attend. A new task force suggests that after years of state funding cuts, however, community colleges can no longer be all things to […]
