Politics

Hate the Gas Tax? You Could Gain the Power to Control It Forever

January 5, 2018

News Analysis by Drew Phelps Senate Bill 1, known colloquially as the gas tax, has been controversial since the day it was introduced by state Senator Jim Beall. Since its passage and signing in April, the new law has drawn considerable cr...

Is Jerry Brown the Second Most Powerful Politician in America?

Joe Mathews

December 26, 2017

Opinion By Joe Mathews Who is the most powerful governor in California history? The next one. Our state’s governorship has grown so great in reach and power that it now constitutes a secon...

GOP Doesn’t Care If You Like Its Tax Plan. Here’s Why

The Conversation

December 18, 2017

Opinion by David C. Barker, American University Congressional Republicans’ collective sigh of relief after passing tax legislation may seem confusing. Won’t voters hold them accountable in 2018 fo...

Governor’s Race May Run Through Central Valley

Drew Phelps

November 13, 2017

News Analysis By Drew Phelps An online USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll released Thursday analyzed the races for California’s Senate seat and governor approximately one year before Election Day 2018. Many observers consider the USC/Times poll t...

With Nuclear Threat, Can California Learn from Korea?

Joe Mathews

November 10, 2017

Can Californians learn to be as cool as Koreans in the face of nuclear annihilation? Visiting Seoul last week, I asked people how they stay sane while living within range of North Korea’s weapons. Kim Jong U...

Photo of former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin

Swearengin Ends ’18 Speculation. What’s Her Political Future?

Drew Phelps

November 3, 2017

News Analysis By Drew Phelps After moderating a discussion with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom at the California Economic Summit in San Diego, former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin clarified her intentions – o...

Gun Rights Groups Make Big Donations to Valley Republicans

gvwire

October 3, 2017

Whether you are for it or against it, gun control is again leading the national conversation after the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival Sunday night left 59 people dead and more than 520 injured. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Poli...

10 Things to Know About Sheriff Joe Arpaio

David Taub

September 27, 2017

Joe Arpaio served 24 years as sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona (the county includes Phoenix). His controversial views of crime and punishment made him one of the most well-known local law enforcement agent...

Dirty politics: Your California tax dollars help re-elect politicians

gvwire

September 6, 2017

According to the law, as officially written, California lawmakers are not supposed to spend tax dollars on campaign mailings. But they are allowed to use tax dollars to communicate with constituents. And that i...

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