Poll numbers for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) are dropping quickly as constituents from both sides of the political aisle grow increasingly upset at the lack of access to their congressman. Close Race Early A survey of voters by the firm Public Policy Polling released Tuesday by the campaign to elect Democratic challenger Andrew Janz shows […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors started the business of the new year with the election of a chairman and vice chairman for 2018. Steven Worthley was elected chairman, and Kuyler Crocker was elected vice chairman. Both were elected unanimously, 5-0, a voting trend that continued through the meeting. Worthley, who has previously served as […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) is obstructing the ongoing federal investigation into possible conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, says the front-runner in the race to unseat the embattled local Republican representative. Nunes, says Andrew Janz, long-time prosecutor for the Fresno District Attorney’s office and a Democratic […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) is facing new allegations of odd behavior in the nation’s capital and new opponents who want to unseat him at home in the wake of a House Ethics Committee investigation. ‘Hand-Me-Up’ With the primary election still months away, a host of candidates is coming forward with plans to unseat the long-time […]
Cattleman Jack Lavers is the most recent candidate to throw his hat in the ring for the 26th Assembly District. Visalia Mayor Warren Gubler and incumbent Devon Mathis are the other two Republican contenders. Lavers runs a family business in Glennville with his wife of seven years and their daughter. As a member of the […]
The 200-plus graduates in November, 2017, make a total of nearly 2,500 total Tulare County Adult Drug Court grads since its inception in 1986. Since the course length is 18 months, there is not a graduation every year. Drug Court supervises drug offenders through treatment and recovery, offering them educational and employment incentives that help […]
Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) is back in the national media spotlight as special council Robert Mueller now turns his attention on the comings and goings of the local career politician. Flynn’s Turkish Breakfast As reported by the Valley Voice in May, on January 18, Nunes attended a breakfast meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu […]
Deputies of the Tulare County Sheriff Department beat a Strathmore man unconscious, denied him medical care, held him overnight, then forced him to walk home, according to a lawsuit filed against those deputies and the Department last month in federal court. The beating, the suit alleges, resulted from an argument with a police dispatcher. Wrong […]
A resignation letter by a former employee of Assemblyman Devon Mathis appears to corroborate claims of sexism made by another former staffer, and recount inappropriate comments made about multiple women. The letter, sent to the California Assembly Rules Committee by former Assemblyman Devon Mathis staffer Joel Rosales, outlines why he resigned in June of 2015 […]
Last week it was announced that Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has endorsed Warren Gubler for Assembly, District 26. This announcement came following a meeting Sheriff Boudreaux had with Gubler in late September. “Warren Gubler is a good man and friend who I believe is the best voice for Public Safety here in our valley,” […]