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Fights over budgets, buses and sprawl threaten Fresno County’s Measure C transportation tax

By Maria Ortiz-Briones
The future of transportation in Fresno County rests largely with Measure C, a local sales tax that is expected to raise more than $6.8 billion for roads, highways, and public transit over the next 30 years.
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What’s Measure C? Why Fresno County could be voting on another sales tax measure

By Danielle Bergstrom
If the first version of Measure C was about freeways, the second version gave a nod to a future where it could be easier to walk, bike or take transit, while keeping commutes easy for drivers.
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¿Qué es la Medida C? Por qué el Condado Fresno pudiera votar sobre otra impuesto a las ventas

By Danielle Bergstrom
This story is part of a series produced for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.

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2023 Domestic Violence Symposium and Impact Reporting Fund

The Center for Health Journalism’s two-day symposium on domestic violence will provide reporters with a roadmap for covering this public health epidemic with nuance and sensitivity. The first day will take place on the USC campus on Friday, March 17. The Center has a limited number of $300 travel stipends for California journalists coming from outside Southern California and a limited number of $500 travel stipends for those coming from out of state. Journalists attending the symposium will be eligible to apply for a reporting grant of $2,000 to $10,000 from our Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund. Find more info here!

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