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Bill McEwen: Five Steps to Heal America Under Biden

January 19, 2021

Our nation's capital looks like a far-away authoritarian land with 25,000 National Guard soldiers and thousands of police officers deployed to keep Joe Biden safe for his presidential inauguration on Wednesday. Bill McEwen Opinion America ...

Virus Aid, Police Reform Dominate New US Laws for 2021

AP News

December 31, 2020

Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that will take effect in the new year. Virus-related laws include those offeri...

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To Guide Police Reform in Fresno, Look at What the Data Reveals

Opinion

November 18, 2020

The Fresno Commission for Police Reform was established to examine the future of policing in the City of Fresno. Many claim there is over-policing and discriminatory arrests among segments of our community. ...

Governor’s Panel Urges Police to De-Escalate, Show Restraint in Protests

AP News

October 13, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Days after police and members of an unruly crowd were injured following the Los Angeles Lakers' latest basketball championship, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday released a report urging better communication and restraint by officers and warning that t...

US Police Registry Would Fail Without Changes in States

AP News

June 27, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyd's death would fail to account for thousa...

Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Department

AP News

June 26, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously advanced a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement...

Poll Shows Nearly All in US Back Criminal Justice Reform

AP News

June 24, 2020

WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for officers who do so excessively, according to a new poll that finds nearly all Americans favor at least some level of change to the nation’s cr...

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AG Becerra Says Deadly Force Should Be ‘a Last Resort’

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June 15, 2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced his recommendations for police reform — including using "deadly force as a last resort" — in a Monday morning news release. "Now is the time for action by...

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California Mayors to Push for Police Reforms Amid Unrest

AP News

June 11, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Mayors in several of California’s major cities steered away from calls to defund police budgets Wednesday and instead promised to work for reforms that would examine how police do their jobs in co...

Fresno Parks Tax Will Start July 1 After Final Legal Victory

Consumer Reports Tricks Tesla to Drive with No One at Wheel

On Heels of Creek Fire, Environmentalists Sue to Stop Sierra Forest Management

Fresno State, All Other CSU and UC Campuses to Require COVID-19 Vaccine

'I Couldn't Protect Allie That Night' Says Street Racing Victim's Mom, Grateful for Police Crackdown

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers ‘Afraid’ to Donate

Chukchansi Park to Open with Limited Seating as Grizzlies Come Out of Hibernation

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Redemption Is Here for Autry’s Film ‘Victory By Submission’

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

Walters : California ‘Job Killer’ List Reignites Old Conflict

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

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

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Bill McEwen: Five Steps to Heal America Under Biden

Virus Aid, Police Reform Dominate New US Laws for 2021

To Guide Police Reform in Fresno, Look at What the Data Reveals

Governor’s Panel Urges Police to De-Escalate, Show Restraint in Protests

US Police Registry Would Fail Without Changes in States

Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Department

Poll Shows Nearly All in US Back Criminal Justice Reform

AG Becerra Says Deadly Force Should Be ‘a Last Resort’

California Mayors to Push for Police Reforms Amid Unrest

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