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156: Madera after hospital, water storage, Fresno Unified future, and homeless in Selland Arena by KSEE24

As 2022 comes to an end, Sunday Morning Matters takes a look back on the year's political news. A year filled with political controversy and investigation, even allegations of extortion and courtroom drama. The year also featured a heated Fresno City Council with disagreements over the Tower Theatre, councilmember pay raises and providing money for Planned Parenthood. Also, school board meetings become ground zero for a war of words and Joseph Castro's rise to become CSU chancellor - then his resignation. The year ended with a midterm election that could impact politics in the Central Valley for years to come. The year's big stories are all broken down in Sunday Morning Matters' Year in Review.

153: John Duarte in congress, state elections undecided, Esparza's time in court is over by KSEE24

152: Valadao on winning, Janz on being the new Fresno city attorney, Westlands GM retires by KSEE24

151: McCarthy as Speaker, Costa wins again, counting the votes after election day by KSEE24

150: Election incoming, Soria, Pazin, getting voters to cast their ballots by KSEE24

149: Castro on CSU misconduct report, Dyer on Armenia vote, politics and Merced family kidnapping by KSEE24

148: Valadao and water, U.S. aid to Armenia, will there be criminal charges against Trump? by KSEE24

147: "Weaponizing" the DA's office, final weeks of campaigns, which parties are connecting by KSEE24

146: Fresno State after Castro, voter guide controversy, and Fresno Unified altercation with student by KSEE24

145: Energy shortage, Biden's speech, local ag receives federal grant by KSEE24

144: Abortion and Fresno City Council, Villaraigosa and high-speed rail, bills signed last minute by KSEE24

143: Fresno Unified post pandemic, battle over Congressional District 13, and the panel by KSEE24

142: Cox's federal charges, Bullard High's phone ban, money for Planned Parenthood by KSEE24

141: Sales tax measure, the legal basis to raid Trump's home, and Bullard High's phone policy by KSEE24

140: Valadao on Jan. 6 hearings, a financial foxhole for California, and climate change plans by KSEE24

139: State audit on water, transition in Fowler, masking up students by KSEE24

138: Council president felony charge and Measure C in Fresno by KSEE24

137: Measure C, Reproductive rights, Pot shops in Fresno by KSEE24

136: Council pay raise, perceptions at Clovis Police, and state gas relief by KSEE24