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Newsom signs off on 25-year deal for Valley tribe to run local casino
The bill, now law, required some bending of CEQA – the state's strict environmental review law – to ensure tribal casinos could remain operational.
May 25, 2022
Dems reject effort to force vote to suspend Calif. gas tax
Two Valley lawmakers vying for a seat in Congress are taking decidedly different approaches to the priciest issue on voters' minds.
May 26, 2022
Fresno City Council mulls opposing Fresno Co.’s marquee road tax
The demand to postpone an early extension to Measure C comes with a budget appropriation of $300,000 to educate Fresno voters on an initiative some Fresno lawmakers view as flawed.
May 24, 2022
Modesto approves deal to launch sales tax measure for November ballot
Modesto is moving forward with a possible sales tax hike.
May 24, 2022
Fresno law enforcement cracks down on violent criminals, “ghost guns”
The streets of Fresno and Clovis are on the safer side after a two-week intensive police operation recently concluded.
May 24, 2022
Will Fresno be an industrial jobs magnet or repellant? The answer lies at the southern end of town.
Will a set of two-decade-old industrial buildings in south Fresno continue to flourish the city's booming job magnets? Or are they headed for an activist-led scrapheap?
May 23, 2022
Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
A sales tax increase could soon be headed to the ballot in Modesto.
May 23, 2022
After FBI probe ensnares weed boss, Lemoore dispensary changes owner
A Lemoore-based retail marijuana dispensary associated with a Federal probe is changing ownership.
May 23, 2022
Faced with teachable moment at Bullard High, Fresno Unified leaders blew it.
A single photo from Bullard High School kicked off a firestorm over alleged racism. Fresno Unified and its leaders owed it to everyone to take a step back and investigate before adding fuel to the fire. Instead, they inflamed the situation.
May 22, 2022
Calif. officials blitz leaking idle oil wells in Bakersfield
State regulators found a pair of idle wells had "pinhole-sized leaks," causing alarm for neighbors in east Bakersfield.
May 22, 2022