Opinion: Newsom budget recognizes one housing reality
It’s anyone’s guess whether the developer campaign donors who greatly influence California’s huge Democratic legislative majorities will...
Tom Elias
Jun 15, 2022
$2.1M grant awarded to community college
Madera Community College was awarded a $2.1 million College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) grant through the U.S. Department of...
For The Madera Tribune
Jun 4, 2022
Opinion: The war in Ukraine’s snowball effect
As most people understand, things are not well throughout the world right now. There seems to be a shortage of workers everywhere,...
Jim Glynn
Jun 4, 2022
Opinion: Doubt removed, oil refiners gouging us
There was some room for doubt back in February, when gasoline prices rose precipitously: Until the oil companies who refine most...
Tyler Takeda
May 28, 2022
Opinion: Another meaningless big bucks utility payout
The settlement looked big when announced in early April by the district attorneys of six Northern California counties where huge...
Tom Elias
May 7, 2022
Book Talk: $1.3 billion is missing!
David Baldacci’s “King and Maxwell” (2013, 526 pages in paperback) is the last of his six-volume King-and-Maxwell series. This one, I...
Jim Glynn
Apr 27, 2022


Madera awarded $832K grant to fund beautification projects
For The Madera Tribune Sections like these along the Vernon McCullough River Trail will be among some of the improvement projects the...
For The Madera Tribune
Mar 23, 2022
Opinion: Good reason for a gas tax holiday
It was a gutsy call when Gov. Gavin Newsom in late February suggested a gas tax holiday. That kind of move has been anathema for...
Tom Elias
Mar 16, 2022









