Tom Elias
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
Opinion: Is the big housing crunch mostly fiction?
In some parts of California, there is definitely a housing crunch: small supplies of homes for sale, prices that escalate even when...
Tyler Takeda
City cuts ribbon on housing projects
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera Mayor Santos Garcia cuts the ceremonial ribbon to officially open Esperanza Village, a housing...
For The Madera Tribune
Letters: What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a 40-year-old college-level academic exploration of how and why public entities made economic decisions,...
Tom Elias
Opinion: At last, someone slows wildland development
For decades, it’s been a truism of California life and politics: The more development pushes out into formerly wild lands, the more...
Tyler Takeda
City Manager working hard to improve Madera
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune This empty lot in front of Vallarta Supermarkets is slated to become the new home of Dutch Bros., much...
James Glynn
Opinion: Wildfire fear halts housing project
We’ve had some rain lately. Most people have welcomed the precipitation, and the same people are also happy when the rain stops and the...
Tom Elias
Opinion: Reparations — resurrection volatile historic issues
One year after California created America’s first official task force on reparations for Black slavery, every question remains open: Will...
