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Walters: Conflict Over Votes for Local Taxes Heats Up

July 10, 2019

For decades, it’s been an article of political faith – as well as law – that local government taxes designated for particular purposes require two-thirds approval by voters. Dan Walters CALmatters The supermajority vote provision was created...

Breakouts, Burns, Zingers: What to Watch in Democrats’ Debates

AP News

June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON — Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters. The back-to-back Democratic presidential debates beginnin...

Walters: Democratic Voters More Centrist Than Their Party

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

June 20, 2019

When the state Democratic Party staged a convention in San Francisco a few weeks ago, it drew many of the seemingly countless would-be presidential candidates – particularly those positioning themselves on the ...

Walters: Bill Reduces Ballot Measure Transparency

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

June 19, 2019

Given their druthers, many government officials would prefer to do their business – our business, actually – behind closed doors and provide sanitized, self-serving versions of their actions after the fact. Dan Walters CALmatters Journalists...

In California, People Can Ensure Fair Elections. Let’s Get Started.

CalMatters

June 14, 2019

Headlines across the country have detailed Supreme Court actions regarding various state gerrymandering scandals, the politicizing the Census, and attempts by some states to create new ways to draw district lin...

2020 Preview? Feud Erupts Between Biden, Trump

AP News

May 29, 2019

NEW YORK — Democrats won't pick their nominee for another year, but President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are acting like the 2020 presidential contest is already a two-man race. Almost ...

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Denver Voters to Decide Legalizing ‘Magic Mushrooms’

AP News

May 7, 2019

DENVER — Voters decide this week whether Denver will become the first U.S. city to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in "magic mushrooms." A citizen-led initiative appearing on ballots Tuesday follows a path that led to marijuan...

Trump Using Tax Day Trip to Tout 2017 Tax Cuts

AP News

April 15, 2019

ST. PAUL, Minn. — President Donald Trump will use Tax Day on Monday to visit Minnesota, an erstwhile Democratic stronghold he hopes to flip in 2020 after nearly winning it in 2016. Questions remain, however, ab...

Walters: Bond Issue Transparency Still Under Assault

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

April 14, 2019

Two years ago, in a rare display of support for transparency in government finance, the Legislature and then-Gov. Jerry Brown required local governments and school districts to tell voters how proposed bond iss...

Walters: A Crackdown on Misuse of Taxpayer Money?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

April 4, 2019

As documented in this space on several occasions, local government officials throughout California have been thumbing their noses at a state law that prohibits them from using taxpayer funds for political campaigns. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatter...

Sonoma County Prepares to Sue PG&E for Damages From Fire

Fresno PD Officer-Involved Shootings at Record Low, Dismissals Go Up

Jury Finds That Fresno Man Killed Two by Providing Fentanyl

Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising Anti-Semitism 75 Years On

Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

Salty Water Spat Erupts Over ‘No Man’s Land’ of Mendota Pool

‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- and Low-Income People Leave California

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne Announces Parkinson's Diagnosis

Fresno Basketball Team Was Set to Play Kobe Bryant’s Daughter in Game on Day of Crash

Bulldogs Suffer a Wipeout Home Loss to Boise State

Billie Eilish, a Voice of the Youth, Tops the Grammy Awards

Walters: One Tax Measure Goes Away

You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

Walters: The Pardon Power, for Good or Ill

Walters: California’s Big Educational Dilemma

Video: Dyer vs. Janz in GV Wire Mayoral Forum

Video: Alonzo vs. Maxwell in GV Wire City Council Forum

Rabbi Rosove: Two-State Solution Only Road to Peace for Israel, Palestine

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Steyer Will Be in Fresno on Monday. Find Out Where.

Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

The Janz-Dyer Mayoral Battle Is Tight: GV Wire Poll

Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

Walters: Conflict Over Votes for Local Taxes Heats Up

Breakouts, Burns, Zingers: What to Watch in Democrats’ Debates

Walters: Democratic Voters More Centrist Than Their Party

Walters: Bill Reduces Ballot Measure Transparency

In California, People Can Ensure Fair Elections. Let’s Get Started.

2020 Preview? Feud Erupts Between Biden, Trump

Denver Voters to Decide Legalizing ‘Magic Mushrooms’

Trump Using Tax Day Trip to Tout 2017 Tax Cuts

Walters: Bond Issue Transparency Still Under Assault

Walters: A Crackdown on Misuse of Taxpayer Money?

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