As government affairs manager for the City of Fresno, Katie Stevens facilitates and maintains the City’s intergovernmental relationships with local, state and federal agencies, as well as legislative offices. She advocates for the City’s legislative priorities in cooperation with its contracted advocates in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.  Stevens provides analysis, technical assistance, and recommendations regarding [...]

FRESNO – Two vacant department stores on the Fulton Mall, the JCPenney Building and the Gottschalks Building, are being considered for a downtown Fresno public market, which would offer local agricultural produce, meats, cheese, bread, wine, jams and ready-made food like beerocks and empanadas. The public market would be open year-round, and would primarily feature [...]

NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Rising equity markets and falling liabilities in December combined to push the funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan into positive territory in 2012, according to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategies & Solutions Group (ISSG). For the month of December, the funded status for the typical plan increased 1.9 [...]