Fund aimed at affordable housing
Officials hope a $500,000 fund created by the Fresno City Council last week will spark new affordable housing projects for families whose income falls below the average for the area.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBudget challenges dog mayor candidates
Fresno's next mayor will inherit a challenge -- how to balance the budget and preserve police, fire and other services when city revenues are shrinking.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFresno mayoral hopefuls chart first 100 days
A new mayor might not be the only change at City Hall next January.Click to Continue »
View ArticleLetter from state Sen. Dave Cogdill about Armenian genocide
Ninety-Three Years of Waiting…Click to Continue »
View ArticleCouncil hopefuls hear residents' complaints
Pinedale residents concerned that the city of Fresno is dragging its feet in making improvements to their neighborhood received pledges to speed up the process Monday night from two City…Click to...
View ArticleDistrict 2 candidates trade jabs
Two distinct views divide the political turf in the race for the District 2 seat on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.Click to Continue »
View ArticleValley Public TV sponsors Fresno mayoral debate
Fresno mayoral candidates singled out air quality, crime and jobs as top issues facing the city in coming years during a debate Monday night sponsored by Valley Public Television.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFour challenge three Porterville incumbents
PORTERVILLE -- Seven candidates are running for three spots on a City Council that is expected to face decisions that will significantly affect Porterville's future.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFresno Co. GOP's aid to SoCal lawmaker investigated
A San Diego County Assembly member has returned more than $78,000 in campaign donations from the Fresno County Republican Party -- contributions that had sparked controversy and prompted a state…Click...
View ArticleFeinstein water plan may give Boxer headaches
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has just complicated Sen. Barbara Boxer's search for San Joaquin Valley voters.Click to Continue »
View ArticleRadanovich looks to future
WASHINGTON -- Rep. George Radanovich, R-Mariposa, now begins the hardest congressional year imaginable.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFresno City Council cool to water law
The Fresno City Council on Wednesday got its first look at a new state law regulating how Californians water their yards.Click to Continue »
View ArticleGovernor signs housing bill at Fresno stop
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed legislation in Fresno that will extend and enlarge a popular program that gives tax credits to first-time homebuyers.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWith $155 million at stake, Fresno Oversight Board off to rough start
Chaotic efforts to get the Fresno Oversight Board sworn in have some members muttering a different kind of oath.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSwearengin's Fresno budget needs police concessions
Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin has moved to Plan B as time runs out on efforts to approve next year's budget. Swearengin has drafted a revised budget for 2012-13 that depends…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFresno to consider privatizing residential garbage pickup
With the city's budget deadline just days away, the Fresno City Council appears close to embracing Mayor Ashley Swearengin's plan to balance the budget by privatizing residential trash collection.Click...
View ArticlePolitical Notebook: Rival activists join to back Mills, Ryan
It was billed as a bipartisan news conference where Republicans and Democrats alike would talk about "leadership issues within the Fresno Teachers Association and how they are adversely affecting...
View ArticleValley's West side race for Congress heats up
With a little more than two weeks until Election Day, the evidence is mounting that a west-side congressional battle between Hanford Republican David Valadao and Fresno Democrat John Hernandez...
View ArticleCity Council election races in the Valley
The Fresno Bee lists the candidates in city council elections across the Valley.Click to Continue »
View ArticleState investigation clouds Hanford City Council race
The mayor of Hanford is not running for re-election and neither is the former mayor. The California Department of Justice is snooping around Hanford City Hall, and a YouTube video…Click to Continue »
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