The EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers missed an opportunity to provide regulatory certainty to home builders following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a controversial case. The federal agencies issued their final Waters of the United States rule without providing a definition of a "relatively permanent" waterbody....
California School District Pays $100k to Mother Over Unauthorized Gender Transition of Child
A California school district has agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement to a mother who claimed her daughter was 'socially transitioned' to a boy at school without her awareness or approval. Jessica Konen stated that her then 11-year-old daughter, Alicia, was suggested by her school in the Spreckels Union...
California School District Pays $100k to Mother Over Unauthorized Gender Transition of Child
A California school district has agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement to a mother who claimed her daughter was 'socially transitioned' to a boy at school without her awareness or approval. Jessica Konen stated that her then 11-year-old daughter, Alicia, was suggested by her school in the Spreckels Union...
California’s ‘Woke’ Math Curriculum Threatens to Worsen Student Proficiency
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other political figures like to brag about California’s role as a national or even international leader in all things wonderful. They tend, however, to gloss over or ignore indications that California is falling short in some very important indices of societal achievement, such as public education....
California’s ‘Woke’ Math Curriculum Threatens to Worsen Student Proficiency
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other political figures like to brag about California’s role as a national or even international leader in all things wonderful. They tend, however, to gloss over or ignore indications that California is falling short in some very important indices of societal achievement, such as public education....
Fresno Teacher Pay Climbs Faster than Inflation and COLAs, District Says. That’s Baloney, Union Responds.
Fresno teacher salaries have climbed faster than the rate of inflation and state-funded cost-of-living increases over the past 13 years, the district said Thursday in a news release. The district "is proud of the offer we have made to the Fresno Teachers Association (FTA), which estimates taking the average teacher...
Fresno Teacher Pay Climbs Faster than Inflation and COLAs, District Says. That’s Baloney, Union Responds.
Fresno teacher salaries have climbed faster than the rate of inflation and state-funded cost-of-living increases over the past 13 years, the district said Thursday in a news release. The district "is proud of the offer we have made to the Fresno Teachers Association (FTA), which estimates taking the average teacher...
Rep. Duarte to Valley Voters: I’ll Stand up to the ‘Woke’ and ‘Ultra-Conservatives’
ATWATER – In his first town hall before a Merced County crowd, Republican U.S. Rep. John Duarte demonstrated he knows what it will take to win a second term in this politically divided district: He’ll have to balance himself on a very narrow platform. Ideological differences reflected among the nearly...
Rep. Duarte to Valley Voters: I’ll Stand up to the ‘Woke’ and ‘Ultra-Conservatives’
ATWATER – In his first town hall before a Merced County crowd, Republican U.S. Rep. John Duarte demonstrated he knows what it will take to win a second term in this politically divided district: He’ll have to balance himself on a very narrow platform. Ideological differences reflected among the nearly...
Can South Fresno Have Both Environmental Justice and New Industrial Jobs? Bonta Says …
Will Oliver, president of the Fresno County Economic Development Corp., says it's no secret that a lack of available land has pushed away advanced manufacturing companies looking to come to Fresno. "Without (available land) it inhibits our ability to attract new businesses that can enable economic diversification, increased wage growth,...