Political Stories Top stories Californians could begin voting at age 17 under a new proposal in the Legislature – California would become the first state in the nation to fully allow 17-year-olds to vote in elections under a proposal introduced on Tuesday in the Legislature. LA Times article; San Jose Mercury News article Nunes: Media take […]
Political Stories – Top stories Valadao meets constituents one-on-one – home folks say they understand why — Several dozen constituents patiently waited their turn Monday to speak one-on-one with congressman David Valadao, R-Hanford, who eschewed a town hall meeting during a visit home from Capitol Hill in favor of what his office called a “Hometown Huddle.” Fresno Bee article; Visalia […]
Political Stories – Top stories Rather than a town hall, Rep. David Valadao will hold one-on-one meetings Monday — Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, will hold a “Hometown Huddle” Monday where constituents can have face-to-face meetings with him at his office. The event will take place at 101 N. Irwin St., 110-B, starting at 3 p.m. The individual, […]
Political Stories – Top stories Fresno sheriff’s ICE partnership may give a glimpse of Trump-era deportations – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department has a special partnership with ICE. Immigration agents have unfettered access to the jail’s database. So the info that Magallanes collected at booking? They can see that — plus any details about charges or criminal […]
Political Stories – Top stories Dan Walters: Bullet train suffers two setbacks that could be fatal – Given the implacable opposition of such heavyweight figures as House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, electrifying Caltrain could require decoupling it from the bullet train – and that could doom Brown’s pet project. Walters column in Sacramento Bee Court: Officials’ […]
Political Stories – Top stories Dan Walters: California’s cap and trade auction another washout — February’s quarterly auction of carbon dioxide emission allowances under California’s cap and trade program was another financial washout for the state. Walters column in Sacramento Bee State Senate Republicans begin discussing transition of leadership, but some are reluctant to take on the job – Senate Republican […]
Political Stories Top stories California water bills are starting to trickle out on Capitol Hill – With a Republican in the White House and the GOP controlling Congress, Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, said Tuesday that he is hoping to build on last year’s big and controversial California water bill that was loved by farmers and loathed by […]
Political Stories – Top stories Gaping partisan divide evident as leaders discuss Russia-Trump investigation — In case you were worried, the partisan divide in Congress is as gaping as ever. On Monday, the senior Republican and Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee held separate news conferences to address what they saw as the principal issues to […]
Political Stories Top stories Taxes are on the table as push for California road funding intensifies — The way California raises money to maintain and repair state highways and local roads has largely been the same for more than two decades. Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders want to change that, and Californians would […]
Political Stories – Top stories Devin Nunes offers advice to California GOP: ‘We have to be willing to lose’ — Rep. Devin Nunes, finding his voice as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Trump transition team, told fellow California Republicans Saturday that the party can chart its way back to relevancy by […]
