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Legislation Pandering to Tribal Casinos Is a Bad Bet for Fresno Cardroom Employees

More than 600 Fresno area residents risk losing their well-paying jobs because elected officials are more interested in pandering to tribal ...

Legislation Pandering to Tribal Casinos Is a Bad Bet for Fresno Cardroom Employees

More than 600 Fresno area residents risk losing their well-paying jobs because elected officials are more interested in pandering to tribal ...

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Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated one of his favorite complaints — that local government officials aren’t doing enough to reduce Calif...

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By Remembering the Genocide, We Can Help Rebuild Armenia

Imagine a 3,500-year-old civilization. Some accounts suggest even longer, that they’d been in that area since the 7th Century B.C. Ima...

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Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

Californians once supported criminal justice reforms to lighten penalties for crime but attitudes have changed. A November ballot measure co...

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McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Are So Unreliable They’re a Meme. They Might Also Be a Climate Solution.

McDonald’s might just be a new frontier in our fight against the climate crisis. Reid Heavner Special to CalMatters Opinion Yes, that McD...

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Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

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Local Leaders Must Put Their Shoulders Into Making Fresno ‘Education City USA’

Fresno leaders keep searching for the silver bullet that will make California’s fifth-largest city sparkle. And they just keep shootin...

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Carbon Capture Isn’t Nearly as ‘Green’ as Fossil Fuel Promoters Make It Sound

The global energy landscape is rapidly evolving with California often leading the way. So begins Central Valley Business Federation (BizFed)...

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CA’s High Construction Costs Limit Housing. A Supreme Court Decision Might Help

California’s chronic inability to build enough housing – particularly for low-income families – has many causes, but a big one is its extrem...

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Fresno Monopoly Edition

A Fresno Edition of Monopoly? That’s Capitalism at Work, Baby!

Alright, cats and kittens, straphang onto your beanies because I’m about to lay a news flash on you that’s so whimsically wild it coul...

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USC Scraps Graduation Ceremony Amid Concerns Over Potential Disruptions from Protests

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No Security Fence for Bullard High. Why Did Fresno Trustees Table Bid Award?

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