The Maddy Report

In this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by David Carrillo, the Executive Director of the California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley’s School of Law, Alan Zaremberg with the Calif Chamber of Commerce, Steve Smith with the Calif Federation of Labor, Sophia Bollag with the Sac Bee, John Myers with the LA Times, Dan Walters with CalMatters to discuss some of the key issues in the California Supreme Court in recent years.

In this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by local journalists Paul Hurley of the Visalia Times Delta, Danielle Bergstrom of the Fresno Bee and Fresnoland, and Mike Dunbar of the Modesto Bee to discuss the biggest names in state and valley politics. 

In this episode, Mark Keppler is joined by two retiring state leaders, State Auditor Elaine Howle and Mac Taylor, Former California Legislative Analyst. 

This week, Mark Keppler is joined by Noel E. Perry, founder of Next 10, to discuss the future of electric vehicles in California as well as the future of emissions. 

On this episode, Mark Keppler is joined by Pedro Nava of the Little Hoover Commission, Danielle Bergstrom of Fresnoland’s Documenter’s Program, and Erica Manuel, CEO & President of the Institute for Local Government to discuss the Valley's experience with the new phenomena of on-line government. 

This week, Mark Keppler discusses the impact of the California State Universities on the economies of the San Joaquin Valley. He is joined by Robert Maxim, Senior Research Associate at The Brookings Institution, Lynette Zelezny, President of CSU Bakersfield, Ellen Junn, President of CSU Stanislaus, and Saul Jimenez-Sandoval, President of Fresno State. 

Brian Clark, Editor of the Modesto Bee and Merced Sun Star;Joe Kieta, Editor of the Fresno Bee, and Paul Hurley who is formerly with Visalia Times Delta discuss valley impressions. 

Tim Sheehan from the Fresno Bee and David Lightman from McClatchy Newspapers give an update on the high speed rail project. 

Dr. Liaosha Song, an Assistant Professor of Geology, CSU Bakersfield and is an expert in subsurface geology. Dr. Catherine Garoupa White, the Executive Director, Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ)and a lecturer at CSU Stanislaus and Columbia College discuss geology and environmental issues. 

Jim Boren, Executive Director - Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State; Dympna Ugwu-Oju, Co-Editor - Fresno Bee's Fresnoland discuss the role of state and local watchdogs