The Fresno Teachers Association announced Thursday morning that Fresno Unified's substitute teachers union has voted not to cross picket lines if Fresno teachers go on strike next Wednesday. The Fresno Area Substitute Teachers Association is a chapter of SEIU Local 521. SEIU spokeswoman Elsa Mejia confirmed that the association members...
Will Parents Send Kids to School or Keep Them Home if Fresno Teachers Strike?
If Fresno teachers go out on strike next week, parents of Fresno Unified school kids will have to decide whether to send them to school or keep them home. One of the messages from the union, which parents may hear from some teachers on informational picket lines at schools Friday...
Will Parents Send Kids to School or Keep Them Home if Fresno Teachers Strike?
If Fresno teachers go out on strike next week, parents of Fresno Unified school kids will have to decide whether to send them to school or keep them home. One of the messages from the union, which parents may hear from some teachers on informational picket lines at schools Friday...
Maine’s Governor Says 18 People Killed and 13 Injured in Mass Shootings Wednesday
LEWISTON, Maine — Maine’s governor says 18 people were killed and 13 were injured in shootings in Maine. Gov. Janet Mills made the remarks at a press conference Thursday. A man shot and killed the victims at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston and then fled into the night,...
Maine’s Governor Says 18 People Killed and 13 Injured in Mass Shootings Wednesday
LEWISTON, Maine — Maine’s governor says 18 people were killed and 13 were injured in shootings in Maine. Gov. Janet Mills made the remarks at a press conference Thursday. A man shot and killed the victims at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston and then fled into the night,...
Nelson Says Last-Ditch Negotiations to Avoid Fresno Teachers Strike Underway
With only a week before Fresno Unified teachers are scheduled to go on strike if they don't have a contract, the two sides appear to be intensifying their negotiations. Superintendent Bob Nelson told GV Wire on Wednesday that the two sides negotiated late into the evening on Tuesday and are...
Nelson Says Last-Ditch Negotiations to Avoid Fresno Teachers Strike Underway
With only a week before Fresno Unified teachers are scheduled to go on strike if they don't have a contract, the two sides appear to be intensifying their negotiations. Superintendent Bob Nelson told GV Wire on Wednesday that the two sides negotiated late into the evening on Tuesday and are...
San Luis Reservoir Expanding Water Storage. Are Pine Flat and Eastman Lake Next?
Three dam expansion projects could increase water storage for use in the Central Valley by a whopping 304,000 acre-feet. Each of the projects would raise existing dams, not build new ones. The project that is furthest along would raise the B.F. Sisk Dam in Merced County to expand San Luis...
San Luis Reservoir Expanding Water Storage. Are Pine Flat and Eastman Lake Next?
Three dam expansion projects could increase water storage for use in the Central Valley by a whopping 304,000 acre-feet. Each of the projects would raise existing dams, not build new ones. The project that is furthest along would raise the B.F. Sisk Dam in Merced County to expand San Luis...
There’s Finally a Speaker of the House. It’s Conservative Mike Johnson of Louisiana.
WASHINGTON — Both relieved and exultant, Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. Johnson, 51, of Louisiana, swept through on the first ballot with...