Guests Joseph Minicozzi, Principal – Urban 3; Clovis Mayor Lynne Ashbeck; and Modesto Mayor Garrand Marsh discuss Valley planning issues with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Kepper. Radio commentary provided by Mary Savala of the League of Women Voters; Clovis city planner Dwight Kroll and former City of Fresno assistant city planner Keith Bergthold.    

Guests Lillian Mongeau, a reporter with EdSource Today, and Molly Tafoya, Early Edge California, discuss universal pre-K issues with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Kendra Rogers, executive director of First Five Fresno County, and Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson.

Guests Dean Bonner of the Public Policy Institute of California; Dan Walters, columnist for the Sacramento Bee; and JohnMyers, senior editor, California politics & government for KQED discusses the status of Valley Republicans with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Assemblymember Connie Conway.

Guests Judy Heiman of the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and Laura Metune, former Chief of the Bureau for Private and Postsecondary Education and current consultant to the California State Assembly Higher Education Committee, discuss issues related to private, for-profit colleges with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Carole D’Elia, Executive Director of Little […]

Visalia Republican and Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway talks with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.

  Guest Bill Lockyer, former leader of the California State Senate, former Attorney General and current California State Treasurer talks with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Don Jackson, political advisor to former Senate Minority Leader Ken Maddy; Paul Hurley, former editorial page editor of the Visalia Times-Delta; and UC Merced […]

Guests State Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor, Gov. Brown’s Finance Spokesperson HD Palmer and KQED Senior Editor for Government, and KQED’s Senior Editor John Myers discuss the new state budget with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Jeff Cummins, a Fresno State political science professor, and former Visalia Times-Delta editorial page editor Paul Hurley.

Guests Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California; John Kabateck, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses/California; Duane Donner, president/CEO of the California Hospital Association; and Charlies Bacchi, executive vice president of the California Association of Health Plans, discuss the Affordable Care Act with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary […]

Guest state Sen. Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Harte) and state Assemblymembers Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals) and Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) discuss the state of California Republicans with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by Fresno State political science professor Tom Holyoke and UC Merced political science professor Nate Monroe.  

Guests Ryan Woolsey, fiscal and policy analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and Todd Blank, deputy director of the Welfare to Work Division of the California Department of Social Services, discuss the CalFresh program with Maddy Institute Executive Director Mark Keppler. Radio commentary provided by John Palm, program manager with CalFresh, and Andy Souza, CEO […]