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Swearengin to budget critics: Can It

Ashley Swearengin won’t take lip from anybody. It doesn’t matter if it’s about planning or her coveted budget. The 2016 budget, perhaps one of the jolliest City Hall undertakings in Swearengin’s seven years in office, hit...

Election 2016

Where did all the Costa challengers go?

It seems like yesterday that the Central Valley nearly crowned Johnny Tacherra a member of Congress.  Not long before that, now State Sen. Andy Vidak was similarly on the brink of capturing a seat. Both...

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Big Lie: FUSD lawyer told court “No preconstruction agreement exists”

For weeks, the official line from Fresno Unified was that Board members were aware that the district had a sweetheart preconstruction deal with Harris Construction on Gaston Middle School. However, not long ago, Fresno Unified’s attorney was denying the...

Big Gov

Raisin’ Hell: Fresno raisin grower beats USDA over marketing orders

Marvin Horne endured quite the legal battle, and still managed to slay the Goliath of the United States Department of Agriculture. Horne, a Fresno raisin farmer, has spent years fighting the USDA over its raisin marketing order...

Election 2016

Catalano considers packing carpet bags for another Council run

Are you ready for a battle of the PR executives? If you live in northeast Fresno, you should be. It’s looking all the more likely that there’s a matchup between Holly Carter (of Carter &...