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Fresno’s Measure Z extension headed to June ballot
Measure Z – Fresno County’s longtime zoo sales tax – is officially headed back to the ballot for the third time.
March 8, 2022
Are Fresno voters ready for a longer Zoo tax? We’re about to find out.
The 14-year-old tax has generated $173 million for Fresno's Chaffee Zoo, launching a hefty expansion through its lifespan. Voters will get a chance to keep the money flowing.
March 8, 2022
Calif. card rooms seek to knock out tribal sports betting measure from Nov. 2022 ballot
At the meat of the matter: if it legislates unrelated issues, is a tribal sports betting ballot initiative *really* a sports betting initiative?
March 7, 2022
Term limits for Kern Supes? Proposal by unions, Dolores Huerta heading to 2022 ballot.
Opponents of the SEIU and Dolores Huerta-backed proposal say it is meant to engineer election victories that lawsuits and redistricting couldn't.
February 28, 2022
McClintock flips on Ukraine stance following TV blowback
McClintock was the only Californian in the House of Representatives not to condemn the invasion of Ukraine after Russia began its operations.
February 27, 2022
Vying for Nunes’ seat, Elizabeth Heng rolls out her second act of 2022
Candidates hoping to win Devin Nunes' seat have to find a new district to keep a seat in Congress past 2022. Elizabeth Heng identified her target.
February 27, 2022
Salazar, Fresno Deputy Police Chief, launches bid in hopes of being Fresno Co.’s first Latino Sheriff
"The kid that lives on the 400 block of West Strother should feel safe like the kid that lives at Champlain and Perrin," Salazar said of his policing mantra.
February 27, 2022
Sources: Hurtado set to move into open South Valley Senate seat
The titanic clash of two of the Valley's Democratic lawmakers – Sens. Melissa Hurtado (D–Sanger) and Anna Caballero (D–Salinas) is, apparently, off.
February 21, 2022
Astronaut Hernandez eyes challenge to Harder in north Valley Congressional seat
Jose Hernandez, an astronaut who travelled to the International Space Station with NASA, is eyeing a second run for Congress in the span of a decade.
February 17, 2022
Shepard, Porterville farmer, jumps into south Valley Senate tussle
A south Valley State Senate seat that appeared to shape-up to be a Democrat-dominated affair is no-more.
February 15, 2022