FRESNO (KMJ) — The Mayor of Fresno’s Parks and Public Safety Sales Tax initiative could be back for consideration in two years. That prediction from Councilmember Steve Brandau came following the sudden decision to withdraw the proposal the day it was scheduled to be heard. “I think the Mayor was moving quickly to tackle some…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Californians will vote in November on whether the state should move toward stopping the twice-yearly process of changing the clocks. A bill signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown will put a measure on the November ballot moving the state toward permanent daylight saving time. Passage by voters wouldn’t immediately stop the…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A 17 year old, who was shot after refusing to hand over his belongings at gunpoint, has died. Fresno County Coroner’s Office confirmed Nicholas Kauls passed away in the hospital Thursday morning. The teenager was seriously hurt after the incident in Fresno’s Fig Garden on Sunday. Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said he…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno Police Homicide Detectives are now urging the suspect sought in a fatal shooting to turn himself in. 26-year old Manuel Ismael Contreras (pictured above) is wanted for the June 16th shooting death of 19-year old Humberto Cuellar. He was found shot multiple times outside the Las Micheladas Bar on Shaw and Sixth…… MORE
(CNN) – House Republicans abandoned a GOP leadership-backed immigration bill Wednesday, the latest setback in the years-long intraparty war between Republicans on the polarizing issue. [van id=”politics/2018/06/27/gop-second-immigration-bill-house-vote-mattingly-wolf-vpx.cnn”] The bill, which was never expected to pass, failed by an even wider margin than expected — 121-301 — and had far less Republican support than a more…… MORE
(CNN) – Anthony Kennedy’s announcement of his retirement from the Supreme Court on Wednesday creates an opening for President Donald Trump to reshape the ideological makeup of the nation’s highest court for decades to come, a best-case scenario for a Republican Party that only reluctantly accepted the idea of the reality-star-turned-politician as its leader. [van…… MORE
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(KMJ) – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining. Wednesday’s 5-4 decision reverses a four-decades-old precedent and upends laws in 22 states and is considered a blow to organized labor. The high court heard a similar case in 2016,…… MORE
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