Alex Tavlian

Despite significant rain in 2024, Federal and state water managers are padding their books with extensive water supplies at the expense of farms and communities, writes Wayne Western, Jr.

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One weekend removed from his ouster, chatter on Capitol Hill is growing that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy may mount a comeback bid.

A Central Valley native and member of the extended Walton Family is not just a Director for the failed tech venture – the family’s businesses are among Bitwise’s largest investors.

Big banks, Valley farmers, hedge funders, and tech savants held shares in Bitwise Industries before its collapse.

The outsized name of one of America’s largest investment banks was utilized to lure more cash in recent months for the floundering tech venture.

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Ollen Douglass, a member of the Bitwise Board of Directors, will take the helm of the company amid its collapse and questions of fraud.

Bitwise Industries’ chase for high-interest, short-term loans began by breaching a contract over tax credits, new emails show.

Flanked by nine colleagues, Speaker Kevin McCarthy focused his trip to the 2023 World Ag Expo on delivering wins in this year’s Farm Bill.

Investigators found claims Sec. David Bernhardt evaded ethics rules and improperly influenced 2019 rules governing water flow to the Valley were “unsubstantiated.”

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San Francisco’s century-old deal to dam up Yosemite National Park is becoming too-good-to-be true for lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The price for using Hetch Hetchy may soon be on the rise.

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A major cannabis cultivator in Tulare County implored local lawmakers to grant a reprieve from pricey local taxes.

Valley water officials feel as though Newsom’s water “peace” deal is a Godfather-inspired offer they can’t refuse.

Sandridge Partners, a major water player in Kings County, said a key element of its controversial pipeline project was to aid wastewater for unincorporated Stratford. That was news to the small town.

Two days after Tulare Lake Canal Company sued to halt trenching on a massive water pipeline in southern Kings County, water giant John Vidovich turned the tables.