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Fresno buckles up for showdown on rent control proposal
Fresno faces two vastly different paths to pursue a sweeping strategy to tackle the nation's hottest housing market.
April 26, 2022
Not High Enough: Newsom blames legislature over likely 2022 gas tax hike
It appears that California's highest-in-the-nation average gas price of $5.684 today isn't enough motivation to convince Golden State lawmakers to halt the state's inflation-tied gas tax.
April 26, 2022
Will Biden Bucks convince Calif. to keep its lone nuclear plant open?
The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing. Will California take the help?
April 25, 2022
Who’s enforcing Calif.’s new ‘granny flat’ law? Housing activists.
Dozens of California cities launched ordinances to block a 2021 law allowing to split residential lots for multiple homes. California's hefty bureaucracy can't keep up.
April 25, 2022
The drug supply chain needs transparency to reduce drug prices
Consumers "don’t realize that the price they pay for drugs at the pharmacy counter is determined by a complex process that includes their pharmacy, drug manufacturers, health insurers, and middlemen known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers."
April 25, 2022
Fresno Co. strikes back at Calif. Attorney General for meddling in industrial plan
Was Attorney General Rob Bonta's interest in an obscure planning document was intended to "place undue political pressure" on Fresno County?
April 24, 2022
Fair or foul: Did email to Dyer break weed rules?
Will a multi-million weed dollar business find itself in jeopardy over a simple email?
April 20, 2022
Tulare Co. lawmakers urge state to suspend gas tax
Tulare County is asking the State of California to suspend the gas tax in order to combat rising prices.
April 19, 2022
Amid sky-high gas prices, enviros press to shutter 27% of Calif. oil wells
Draft rules to curb oil wells near sensitive uses, including homes and schools, could shutter a wide swath of California's shrinking energy production.
April 18, 2022
Valley counties team up in request to Newsom for increased oil production
A growing coalition of Central Valley counties is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to expand in-state oil production with gas prices sitting at record highs.
April 12, 2022