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Extra $11M Coming for Friant-Kern Canal Repairs

February 4, 2020

Repair work on the Friant-Kern Canal is getting $11 million in new federal funding, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday. The funds are coming from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. They are in addition to $2.35 million that Congress designated t...

Newsom Pledges $11.5 Million to Fresno for Homeless Needs

David Taub

January 15, 2020

Continuing a statewide tour, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a mental health crisis center in Fresno on Wednesday, announcing that $11.5 million in help is coming to the area. Listen to this article: https:...

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Nancy Price

January 15, 2020

Waiting for developers to build sidewalks in Fresno has put generations of schoolkids in jeopardy, and three Fresno City Council members say it's time to end the wait. Councilmembers Mike Karbassi, Luis Chav...

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Nancy Price

January 10, 2020

Route 66 Advocates Disappointed Over Lack of Preservation Funds

AP News

December 29, 2019

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Congress has recessed for the holidays, and it has gone another year without passing legislation that would boost funding for Route 66. The lack of movement on reauthorizing the Route 66 ...

Photo of the Friant-Kern Canal in the San Joaquin Valley

Cox’s Latest Bill Would Repair Sinking Friant-Kern Canal

Bill McEwen and David Taub

December 6, 2019

Congressman TJ Cox (D-Fresno) has introduced a bill that would help fix the failing Friant-Kern Canal. Dubbed the Move Water Now Act, H.R. 5316 would provide $200 million in funds to repair a 33-mile middle ...

As California Spends Billions on High-Needs Students, Calls Grow for More Oversight

CalMatters

November 6, 2019

Seven years after California started pumping billions of dollars into schools with the neediest students — an attempt to narrow a chronic academic achievement gap — a new state audit has found that the state’s landmark school funding law isn’t adequately ensur...

Newsom Signs Clean Water Bill, Raises Funds in Valley Stop

David Taub

July 24, 2019

Visiting a dot on the map in Fresno County called Tombstone, Gov. Gavin Newsom hoped to put an end to unsafe drinking water. The governor on Wednesday came to a home south of Sanger and signed the Safe and Affo...

PG&E Offers $105M ‘Wildfire Assistance’ Plan

AP News

May 1, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric says it will set up a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires started by the utility's equipment. In a court filing Wednesday, PG&E s...

Big Special Ed Dollars Coming. Can FUSD Deliver Better Results?

Bill McEwen

April 30, 2019

As soon as he became superintendent in 2017, Bob Nelson publicly acknowledged serious, heart-breaking problems in Fresno Unified's often-criticized special education program. The criticism hasn't relented even as Nelson has become the social media face of t...

Some California Hospitals Are Overwhelmed by Virus Cases

If 100 People Go to a Party in Fresno County, It’s 99% Someone Has COVID-19

A Look at Some Deadly Explosions Involving Ammonium Nitrate

Election Challenge: Safe, Accurate Voting in Pandemic Era

Without a Trace: This California County Has Stopped Contact Tracing as Coronavirus Surges

If 100 People Go to a Party in Fresno County, It’s 99% Someone Has COVID-19

State’s COVID Team Heads to Madera, Will Provide Fresno County Action Plan

Taxpayers Helped Make it, So Why Does Remdesivir Cost $3,200 a Patient?

A Tax on Red Meat Is Imminent, Researchers Say

Big and Booming, Dechambeau Is PGA Tour Must-See TV

Raiders QB Derek Carr: ‘I’m Tired of Being Disrespected’

Lakers Beat Jazz 116-108 to Clinch Top Seed in West

Defund Fresno PD? It Won't Happen. Nor Should It.

Walters: School Reformers Win Major Skirmish

Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters

Walters: Should California Borrow More or Tax More?

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Liberal Groups Warn Biden Could Lose Over Policing Policies

Election Challenge: Safe, Accurate Voting in Pandemic Era

Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters

Biden Won’t Go to Milwaukee to Accept Democratic Nomination

Extra $11M Coming for Friant-Kern Canal Repairs

Newsom Pledges $11.5 Million to Fresno for Homeless Needs

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Route 66 Advocates Disappointed Over Lack of Preservation Funds

Cox’s Latest Bill Would Repair Sinking Friant-Kern Canal

As California Spends Billions on High-Needs Students, Calls Grow for More Oversight

Newsom Signs Clean Water Bill, Raises Funds in Valley Stop

PG&E Offers $105M ‘Wildfire Assistance’ Plan

Big Special Ed Dollars Coming. Can FUSD Deliver Better Results?

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