Doug LaMalfa

Butte County leaders were presented with a post-election analysis surrounding the results of the one-cent sales tax increase measure in November. Also, Congressman Doug LaMalfa is again seeking to end federal funding for transgender health care across the country, and the Registrar of Voters for Shasta County has announced his choice to step down from the position early due to health concerns.

Dozens of residents from around the North State are showing up to Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s office in Chico to picket outside on Fridays. At their latest gathering, protestors indicated frustration over not being able to reach the representative.

A guide on how to support children after a disaster was recently created by an assistant professor at Chico State. It’s a result of people not having enough resources about helping children after the 2018 Camp Fire. Also, residents from around the region are showing up on Fridays to picket outside Congressman Doug LaMalfa’s office, and properties in downtown Chico might see a yearly increase in their assessments starting next year.

For decades, Secure Rural Schools Act funds have been given to districts with large swaths of federal land that can't be taxed or developed. But now those funds could be cut off, leaving many districts strapped for cash.

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, California public schools have been receiving less funding from the state. In Plumas County, a district says it will have to lay off staff to account for the shortfall. Also, storm runoff from the Park Fire burn scar is helping experts understand how wildfires affect the region’s waterways, and a North State congressman is voicing his disapproval of a new national monument in California.

At the GOP election night watch party in Chico, Republicans give their thoughts on how the election results affect Butte County and beyond.

After an attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday, California leaders, including Governor Gavin Newsom, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Doug LaMalfa flocked to social media to voice their reflections about the shooting. Also, numerous people at Chico’s alternative campsite off Easton and Cohasset roads have reported being sick with diarrhea for weeks. NSPR visited the site and found unsanitary conditions, and researchers at Chico State worry a recent Supreme Court ruling that municipalities may enforce anti-camping ordinances may halt Chico’s progress.

Californians have another month to file their 2022 taxes. That’s according to an announcement the IRS made yesterday (Oct. 15).

At the Chico Unified School District Board of Education meeting on April 5, all eyes were on one issue — whether or not the district would require staff to notify parents if a student 11 or younger identified as transgender or nonbinary.

Doug LaMalfa and Mike Thompson addressed the House Wednesday urging their colleagues to pass a bill relieving Fire Victim Trust payees of federal taxes. Also, new Redding City councilmembers Tenessa Audette and Jack Munns were sworn into office Tuesday, and Butte County Public Health in partnership with the Feather River Recreation and Park District has installed a new Fit-Trail at Riverbend Park in Oroville.