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North State Breakdown Episode 33 – The Fight for Fair Wages: SEIU Local 2015 and IHSS Workers in Shasta County

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

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Four-Year Forecast: Stormy Days Ahead. Battened the Hatches.

Today is the second coming of Donald J. Trump’s presidency. By the day’s end, Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. As things go in Washington, D.C., so they will go in Shasta County, a place where county government has been under siege by far-right extremists for nearly five years. Continue Reading

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Welcome to the 19th Century: Shasta County Plans to Bring Back Hand-Counted Election Ballots

Shasta County Elections Department administrators and staff are scrambling to pack up and return leased Dominion Voting Systems Inc. machines, precinct voting kiosks, printers, sorters, optical readers, computers, memory cards and other assorted paraphernalia following the March 28 decision —… Continue Reading

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Former Shasta County Executives Flocking to Private Industry

It appears Shasta County’s loss is private industry’s gain. Former District 1 Supervisor Joe Chimenti and Jaclyn Disney, previously Director of Housing and Community Action Programs for the county, have each found employment with Emergent 3D, a cutting-edge construction company… Continue Reading