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Trump Victory Will Lead to New Battles in California’s ‘Water Wars’

California has been lately in the business of blowing up dams. So a decision to actually raise one is big news. Kerry Jackson Opinion In ...

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DOGE Is a Promising Step Toward Federal Efficiency: Fareed Zakaria

The proposed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) by Donald Trump, to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has spark...

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How About an Honest Conversation About the Range of Light Monument Proposal?

It sometimes seems that we have lost the ability to truly communicate with one another. It is not so much what we say to one another, but ho...

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Fresno Unified Reform Is a Must. Force It With a ‘No’ on Measure H.

Voters have backed more than $1 billion in Fresno Unified construction bonds since 1995 in the belief that new and updated facilities would ...

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FUSD’s Easy Credit Recovery Classes Don’t Square With Measure H Bond Claims

When an election is just two few weeks away, one thing is certain: Political ads stuff your mailbox. Steven Roesch Opinion The ads all fo...

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Does CalPERS Have No Shame? It Invests Millions in Azerbaijan, a Country as Brutal as North Korea

Marshall Moushigian Opinion I remember it like yesterday: Thanksgiving, 1982, and my maternal grandfather raising a glass to honor “Duke,”...

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Poor Performing Fresno Unified Has Some Nerve Asking Us to Take on $1 Billion in New Taxes

While six of the seven Fresno Unified School Board trustees try to put a happy face on the district’s new $500 million Measure H bond,...

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Emma Villa Urges "No" on FUSD's $500 Million Measure H Bond

I Have No Confidence in FUSD’s Measure H Projects List: Trustee Candidate Villa

Emma Villa Opinion As an advocate for education, I often encounter reports containing skewed, omitted, or misrepresented data to support s...

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Fresno Clovis School Bond Measures

A Tale of Two Districts: Why I’m Backing Clovis School Bond Measure, but Not Fresno’s

Fresno Unified School District’s proposed 2024 bond measure H for $500 million is a misguided and poorly timed initiative that I canno...

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FUSD School Board President Susan Wittrup opposes district's $500 Million Measure H construction bond

I’m Opposing $500 Million Measure H, and You Should, Too: Fresno Unified Board President

I urge you to vote NO on Measure H, the 40-year, $500 million Fresno Unified construction bond on the Nov. 5 ballot. Susan Wittrup Opinion...

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Dinesh D’Souza has acknowledged that the findings in his film "2000 Mules," which claimed widespread election fraud, were based on faulty analysis, though he still maintains the film's core premise is accurate. (IMDb)

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Ex-Kansas Police Detective Found Dead on First Day of His Trial

Fresno Police arrested Eduardo Ochoa, 30, on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, after he fled from a stolen vehicle while wearing body armor and carrying a firearm. (Fresno PD)

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Fresno Police Arrest Man in Stolen Vehicle After Foot Chase, Seize Body Armor and Handgun

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Westlands Voters Back Board Incumbents to Handle Ag’s Big Challenges

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