I am both sick and outraged by the turn of events relating to the Trump Administrations views on, and actions toward, Ukraine and Russia. Heather Cox Richardson has done a particularly good job in covering and analyzing the horrible situation Ukraine now finds itself in, thanks to Donald Trump Continue Reading
President Donald J. Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday night was an atrocity exhibition, a cavalcade of victims injured by Joe Biden’s Woke America, from a high school volleyball player beaned in the head by an alleged… Continue Reading
Ladies and gentlemen, this is no way to run a county. Your trusty correspondent is still recovering from Tuesday’s 13-hour meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and he does not hesitate to lay blame for this lengthy affair… Continue Reading
I worked in the Redding Social Security office for more than 32 years before retiring. When I began there in July 1989 the office was fully staffed with trained professionals who’d been there for decades. It was not a job – it was a career. Continue Reading
President Trump’s edicts from the White House are not only shaking up the nation, his barrage of controversial executive orders is having a seismic ripple where we live in the North State – and not in a good way. Trump’s… Continue Reading
Shasta County saw one of its largest protests in recent years as a little over 400 people gathered to push back against Trump’s executive orders, including the dismantling of DEI programs, proposed Social Security changes, and Elon Musk’s role in… Continue Reading
In this episode of The North State Breakdown, we analyze the fight for fair wages and better working conditions for IHSS workers in Shasta County. Represented by SEIU Local 2015, these caregivers provide essential care to the county’s most vulnerable,… Continue Reading
Is it doomsday for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area? With all of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts, will Whiskeytown National Recreation Area become an uncared-for free-for-all this summer? These are serious possible scenarios, with Whiskeytown National Recreation Area possibly losing 75 percent of its staff. Continue Reading
In a classic case of biting the hand that feeds you, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 at a special meeting Tuesday to suspend the Shasta County Elections Commission after two of its most ardent supporters filed yet… Continue Reading
Welcome to the North State Breakdown with Benjamin Nowain. Today’s episode covers the agenda for the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Special Meeting on February 11, 2025, which will begin at 9 a.m. at the County Administration Center, 1450 Court Street,… Continue Reading
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