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Fresno officials consider prohibiting sale of products containing kratom, sometimes called ‘gas station heroin’

Fresno city and county leaders are targeting kratom, a plant that is native to Southeast Asia with a long history of use as a stimulant, with proposed regulations that would either ban or severely prohibit its sale. If those would-be laws are approved in December, Fresno and Fresno County would become the two largest jurisdictions in the San Joaquin Valley to limit the availability of kratom products, in addition to Kern County and some…

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Expiration of COVID-era tax credits could spike health insurance costs by more than double for lower-income Valley residents

Almost 185,000 lower-income San Joaquin Valley residents – and nearly 2 million statewide – who purchase health insurance through Covered California will see their monthly premiums skyrocket in January after Congress failed to reach agreement on extending “enhanced tax credits” that subsidize a large share…

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