The state Capitol's most notorious piece of legislative real estate is now home to Fresno's Linda Halderman. Read comments

In a significant budget victory for Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state can eliminate the local agencies that subsidize construction in blighted areas. Read comments

A statewide citizens commission charged with the once-a-decade redrawing of California's congressional, Assembly and state Senate districts on Friday proposed a radical overhaul of the region's political landscape. Read comments

Real estate broker Larry Fortune announced his candidacy for the District 2 Fresno County supervisor seat Wednesday. Read comments

Fresno City Council's District 7 is a sprawling chunk of urban real estate that seems to break most of the rules for drawing fair districts. Read comments

Fresno County supervisors have begun digging in to defend their political turf as new census figures show a need to redraw their districts before next year's elections. Read comments

Local governments strapped for cash are turning to a new source of income: a bounty payment for reporting jail inmates to the Social Security Administration. Read comments

The Fresno City Council on Thursday unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance amendment that would change the way the city awards sole-source consulting contracts of more than $50,000. Read comments

Rep. Jeff Denham, an Atwater Republican, will host a town hall meeting on Monday at the University of California at Merced's Fresno Center on Shaw Avenue near the Fashion Fair mall. Read comments

WASHINGTON -- Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin is a loyal Republican who nonetheless fears her city could suffer under GOP budget-cutting. Read comments