California’s local governments — cities especially — and school districts have been packing ballots with tax increase measures in recent years and another batch is on tap for next year. Voters have, more often than not, bought into officials’ pleas for more revenue and promises to spend it on popular...
Some House Members Considering Taking a Pay Raise This Year
WASHINGTON — Some senior House lawmakers, frustrated by a decade of frozen congressional salaries, are quietly exploring whether to accept an annual pay raise that they've shunned since Barack Obama was first president. It's a longshot at best, requiring comity that's in short supply in a Capitol riven with partisanship....
Who’s Made More in the NBA: Curry Brothers or Lopez Twins?
It's now official: the Curry brothers will face each other in the NBA's Western Conference finals — Stephen with the Golden State Warriors and Seth with the Portland Trailblazers. And while Robin Lopez's Chicago Bulls didn't make the playoffs, his twin brother, Brook, has a spot in the Eastern Conference...
Oakland Teachers Go on Strike, Demand Big Pay Raises
OAKLAND — Teachers in Oakland, California, went on strike Thursday in the country's latest walkout by educators over classroom conditions and pay. The city's 3,000 teachers want a 12 percent retroactive raise covering 2017 to 2020 to compensate for what they say are the among the lowest salaries for public...
Opinion: Council Salaries Should Attract Fresno's Best & Brightest
Fresno is California's fifth-largest city. Its budget this year is $1.15 billion. But despite all of our hard work and steady population growth, we remain a city with serious challenges — and a huge reservoir of untapped potential. To move Fresno ahead and make it the city we all want...
UPDATE: Strike Avoided! Teachers & Fresno Unified Agree on Contract
Multiple sources told GV Wire on Wednesday morning that Fresno Unified leaders and the Fresno Teachers Association have struck a deal on a new three-year contract. Negotiators for both sides worked until 5 a.m. to get the deal done, and to avoid the district's first teachers strike since 1978. A...
UPDATE: Strike Avoided! Teachers & Fresno Unified Agree on Contract
Multiple sources told GV Wire on Wednesday morning that Fresno Unified leaders and the Fresno Teachers Association have struck a deal on a new three-year contract. Negotiators for both sides worked until 5 a.m. to get the deal done, and to avoid the district's first teachers strike since 1978. A...