3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (177+ words) The San Joaquin Valley Sun Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s GOP-drawn Congressional map The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order preventing Missouri from using its newly drawn Republican-favored congressional map in the upcoming midterm elections. The blocked map would have dismantled…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (149+ words) Steve Hilton plans to abolish the DMV if elected as California’s next governor in November. The Republican, who is running against former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, has made the elimination of the DMV one of his…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (127+ words) Missouri’s redistricting battle has returned to the Supreme Court after an appeals panel refused to halt an order for state Republicans to proceed with their preferred congressional map. A Democratic-aligned organizer is trying to defeat the GOP map by placing…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (211+ words) The San Joaquin Valley Sun Trump admin. makes final push at Supreme Court to approve mail voting restrictions The Trump administration has again petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail-in voting before the 2026 midterm elections. The administration’s…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (159+ words) A billionaire former investor in the failed Bitwise Industries is supporting Measure S, the half-cent transportation tax successor to Measure C. Campaign finance reports show that Kat Taylor, the wife of former California Governor candidate Tom Steyer, has contributed $20,000 to the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) The San Joaquin Valley Sun Whistleblower warns USPS mail ballot system order is flawed, untested An anonymous federal whistleblower filed a complaint warning that the U.S. Postal Service’s newly developed system for handling mail ballots, ordered by President Trump, is flawed,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (212+ words) Measure S – the half-center transportation tax measure known as the Better Roads, Safe Streets initiative – will appear on the November ballot. Fresno County Judge Jonathan Skiles ruled against the Fresno County Board of Supervisors on Monday, determining that Assembly Bill…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (270+ words) Two senior employees and a former board member are accusing Clinica Sierra Vista’s leadership of corruption, financial manipulation and retaliation against whistleblowers. The lawsuits allege executives at the Bakersfield-based healthcare nonprofit developed a plan that could have allowed them to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (225+ words) Fresno County had its day in court on Friday, appearing in front of Judge Jonathan Skiles to argue its case against Assembly Bill 1923. While much of Friday’s hearing delved into the minutia of state elections code, Skiles posed some frank…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (218+ words) The San Joaquin Valley Sun Judge criticizes service over mail-in voting rule, but declines to block implementation U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani declined to block a new rule by the U.S. Postal Service that tightens requirements for mail-in voting, despite finding the…...