This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Fresh off their failed attempt to kill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, California Republicans and anti-gerrymandering groups this week launched an all-out resistance to defeat what they regard as an unconstitutional ballot question. Republican legislators in particular, many of […]
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Higher Premiums and Lost Coverage: How Trump’s Budget will Change Health Care in California
The new federal budget signed into law by President Donald Trump is expected to raise some health care insurance premiums and force millions off coverage, reverberating the most in lower-income families and communities that are already struggling. Trump’s new budget reduces spending for Medicaid — called Medi-Cal in California — by $1 trillion over the […]
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‘Millions Out on the Street Virtually Overnight’: How Trump’s Budget Proposal Could Affect California
On May 2, President Trump released a budget blueprint for the next fiscal year that would take a chainsaw to social, environmental and education programs. Some of the sharpest cuts are directed at housing programs that are meant to serve the poor, housing insecure and unhoused. In California, millions are served by these funds and […]
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A Garden at Juvenile Hall, Havana Stories and Trump So Far
This week we’re digging into a vegetable garden feeding residents at Eureka’s juvenile detention center. We’re also sharing experiences of Cuba as told by workers at an Arcata restaurant and checking in on the impacts of Trump’s first 100 days. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
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‘No Kings, No Oligarchs’ Protest Draws Hundreds in Eureka
Despite the weather forecast and a packed social-event calendar on Saturday, several hundred people showed up under the theme “No Kings, No Oligarchs” to again protest President Trump and his administration’s actions in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka. Humboldt Musicians for Peace provided an energetic soundtrack for the two-hour local version of […]
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Federal Funding Freeze Hamstrings Wildfire Prevention Efforts
Local wildfire resiliency efforts have already been stymied by federal grant freezes and budget cuts, with some fearing badly needed fuels reductions efforts in vulnerable communities that had been funded and in line to be complete by the onset of severe fire season will not get done. Not yet two months into the second presidency […]
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Local 50501 ‘Not My Presidents Day’ Draws Hundreds in Eureka
More than 500 protesters showed up Monday in Eureka outside the county courthouse on Fifth Street with signs — lots of signs — to join the noon-time national 50501 ‘Not My Presidents Day’ of action. Their goal was to voice their opposition to the policies and actions of the second Donald Trump administration, and Elon […]
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Huffman on Thursday Night Talk: Harris is Dems’ Best Chance at Presidency
In a pre-recorded conversation set to air tonight on Thursday Night Talk on KZZH, North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman said he believes Vice President Kamala Harris would be Democrats’ best presidential candidate in November. While Huffman stops short of saying President Joe Biden should bow out of the race, he makes clear his belief that Democrats […]
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NoHum Superintendents: ‘Condemn’ Trump Supporters’ Attack on U.S. Capitol
A group of 11 Northern Humboldt school superintendents has penned an open letter to the community in the wake of the riot Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol building, saying they “condemn the attacks … and any further efforts to use violence to impede our democracy.” The letter notes the hours-long violent occupation of the Capitol building […]
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Huffman Under Capitol Lockdown, Calls for Trump to be Prosecuted
SECOND UPDATE: North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman says Congress will not be intimidated by a mob of pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol today, leaving at least one person dead, and will finish their duty to certify Joe Biden’s election. Today, our country and democracy were attacked by domestic terrorists, egged on by Trump. […]
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Pete’s Pot Flop
For a brief, contentious moment, cannabis took center stage at the Feb. 7 Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire when mayor-turned-maybe-kind-sorta frontrunner Pete Buttigieg was pressed about disproportionate drug arrest rates for black residents during his tenure in South Bend, Indiana. “Mayor Buttigieg, under your leadership as mayor, a black resident in South Bend, Indiana, […]