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Water, drought, and the supply chain crisis
This holiday season, every family is paying close attention to a topic no one ever expected would be a debate around the dinner table: the supply chain crisis.
December 23, 2021
With Haener gone, Bulldogs have an opening with Fresno’s own Adrian Martinez
Nebraska didn't work for Adrian Martinez. Maybe returning to his hometown college will spark a repeat of the success found by Marcus McMaryion.
December 2, 2021
Tedford, Dilfer, or Coach Unknown? Fresno State faces big choices for its top gig
For a program that had two coaches – Jim Sweeney and Pat Hill – over a 31-year-span, the prospect of seeking a fourth head coach in six years is certainly a drastic change of pace.
November 30, 2021
Water bonds failed bone-dry California. A 2022 initiative offers a different path.
On the 110th birthday of California's initiative system, Don Wright asks: How about something different than bonds to fix California's overworked water infrastructure?
October 27, 2021
Apkarian’s character, initiative, leadership stack up as Armenia’s Consul
"Armchair quarterbacking may be in season, but I'll put up [Berj] Apkarian's character, initiative and leadership up against any others," writes Hrair Messerlian.
October 21, 2021
Valley – and California’s – family-owned businesses can’t take another tax
The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act will force Valley families to pay a huge tax bill on property or assets they didn’t own decades earlier, writes BizFed Central Valley chair William Bourdeau.
October 21, 2021
Democrats’ new strategy to winning Calif. water wars? Flush the science.
Two years after new rules were finalized to govern water deliveries to the Valley and Southern California, Democrats are actively throwing out scientific data – the alleged sin they accused President Trump's team of doing.
October 14, 2021
Fresno’s Armenians deserve a better, stronger voice than Apkarian
At two issues critical for Fresno's Armenian American community, the Fresno-based Honorary Consul to Armenia has failed to rise to the occassion.
October 14, 2021
Newsom’s veto of bad farmworker bill a win for Ag community, Calif. GOP
The United Farm Workers was once a mighty force, but it’s largely become a greedy organization pushing a liberal agenda with workers seeing few results.
September 30, 2021
Coronavirus crippled Calif. small businesses. Lawsuit reform can’t come fast enough.
Following coronavirus, one California law is creating lawsuit free-for-all with no limit, and trial lawyers know it, writes Bakersfield businessman Mark DeVries, Jr.
September 23, 2021