There's a mid-March deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, and hesitation is surfacing among congressional Republicans about potential cuts to Medicaid.

Central Valley voters favor President Donald Trump and Congress more than the rest of California, according to a new report released last week by the Public Policy Institute of California.

“Farm workers, and all our neighbors in Kern County, should have the right to move, work, and live free from fear,” said UFW President Teresa Romero after the lawsuit was filed.

Ellis’ decisive victory closes the book on a long-running drama in the southern San Joaquin Valley.

On Jan. 29, the Army Corps, which operates the dams at Kaweah and Success lakes, notified downstream users they were about to release water “at full capacity,” meaning as much as the rivers could handle.

Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the U.S. government worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located in California’s Sierra Nevada.

On the heels of using temporary federal relief funds for major expansions to Fresno’s police and fire departments, city officials are trying to figure out how to sustain increased financial obligations.

The Trump administration is investigating delays and cost overruns in California’s high-speed rail project.

For the second installment of this story, Fresnoland investigates it was common knowledge for decades that California's biggest land program, known as the Williamson Act, was an expensive failure. But political support for the program has never wavered. Why the Act has survived is only explicable if set in the context of how California’s agricultural empires changed the Act in 1966, in secret, for themselves.

A Fresnoland investigation into the Williamson Act, California's biggest land program, reveals that just 120 mega-farms – less than 1% of recipients – are capturing half of the program's $5 billion tax shelter, while thousands of small farmers receive little to no benefit.