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Tulare Co. judge rebuffs attempt to toss massive hospital public corruption case
Any hope that Tulare County’s most complicated white collar criminal prosecution would be tossed out was summarily extinguished on Thursday.
McCarthy forces delay on $1.75tril social spending bill with record-breaking filibuster
An hours long filibuster against the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act has House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on a trajectory to break a record for longest House floor speech.
Tulare eyeing sizable downtown investment with rescue funds
The south Valley community received $18 million of the $1.8 trillion American Rescue Plan relief package.
San Joaquin Supe Tom Patti announces run for Congress
The former boxer who trained with Mike Tyson is entering a different ring, taking a plunge for Congress.
Calif. mapmakers hear earful from Valley residents over draft Congressional lines
Advocates for the Dolores Huerta Foundation attempted to assuage concerns of packing minority-majority district while south Valley residents sought to distance themselves from the City of Fresno.
Madera’s cannabis push stalls out at the one-yard line
Once again, Madera’s future pot shops are kept waiting as lawmakers could not muster up enough support Wednesday evening to pass the city’s cannabis business permits ordinance.
TJ Cox abandons 2022 rematch with Valadao, throws support behind Salas
The Fresno Democrat will not run against Rep. David Valadao (R–Hanford) for the third-straight election.
Handing inmates to ICE went from controversial to snoozer. Stanislaus Co. Sheriff explains why.
Out of over 16,000 bookings into the county jail, ICE requested that 224 of those inmates have a detainer placed on them, Stanislaus County Sheriff Jeff Dirkse said.
No. 1 again: Fresno Co. leads nation in crop production for third-straight year, report says.
Despite a global pandemic, farm production in Fresno County is humming and leading the U.S., according to the county's 2020 crop report.
Hanford hikes recreational marijuana tax to legal maximum
Shortly after deciding to add a third recreational pot shop, Kings County's largest city is looking to leverage legal pot's financial benefits quickly.
