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If contributions are any sign, District 1's Democratic challenger Audrey Denney might just give three-term incumbent Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa a run for his money in November. Since she joined the race, political newcomer Denney of Chico has been consistently leading in donations to her campaign for the previous three filing periods.
In a crowded field of Democrats, Audrey Denney of Chico was leading the pack Tuesday, and if the results hold she will challenge top vote-getter and Republican incumbent Doug LaMalfa in November. LaMalfa, who owns a rice farm in Richvale, earned 52 percent of the vote, as of 11 p.m., with 41 percent of precincts reporting.
Many people will raise their glasses when the new year hits as they sing "Auld Lang Syne," or at least the words they can remember. Dig through those words and you'll find a song about remembering the people that have passed through our lives.
WASHINGTON >> The tea party class of 2010 vowed to usher in a new era for the Republican Party, one where conservatives clamoring for fiscal discipline would roll back government spending to rein in trillion-plus budget deficits. Republicans are returning to their Ronald Reagan-era roots - tax cuts first, followed by vague promises of cutting spending down the road.
A bill co-sponsored by Nevada County's Congressman Doug LaMalfa to ease gun restrictions has passed the House. H-R 38, also known as the 'Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act', would allow a qualified individual to possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows individuals to carry concealed firearms.
A U.S. House of Representatives bill that would delay the December mandate for electronic logging devices is quietly gaining co-sponsors despite lacking support from congressional Republican leaders, a committee of jurisdiction and most of the trucking industry. As carriers continue to ensure their vehicles are equipped with ELDs by Dec. 18, legislation offered by Rep. Brian Babin in July has garnered six co-sponsors this month.
After hosting a raucous town hall in Chico on Monday, Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa sat down with the Los Angeles Times for a brief conversation about President Trump and some of the most pressing issues in Washington. LaMalfa, a fourth-generation rice farmer in his third term, represents one of the most Republican congressional districts in the state - a place where Trump trounced Hillary Clinton in November.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, two Capitol police officers and at least one other person were shot Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire on a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. President Donald Trump spoke several hours after the shooting, saying that the shooter, identified as James T. Hodgkinson, of Illinois, has died after being shot by law enforcement during a gun battle at the baseball field.
Chico >> Questions about Oroville Dam spillway plans, fish hatchery deaths and transparency were on the minds of those who attended the Department of Water Resources meeting Thursday. State water agency officials got an earful at the Chico Masonic Family Center during a session designed to take questions and comments about the Oroville Dam spillway crisis.
An undated photo of an Ancestral Puebloan ruin site within the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument. The Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a two-hour plus oversight hearing on the merits and detriments of monument designations, particularly Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in Utah comprising more than three million acres.
California's $64 billion high-speed rail plan lacks reliable funding sources and is in danger of ending up with only one line that doesn't connect to San Francisco or Los Angeles, members of a Congressional panel said Monday during a hearing. Proceeds from a state environment program that is supposed to help fund the project were far below expectations and private funding for the train has yet to materialize, Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican, said.
Tentative Chico City Council election results: Sean Morgan: 11,385 votes Ann Schwab: 11,090 votes Randall Stone: 10,514 votes Karl Ory: 10,244 votes Tami Ritter: 9,891 votes Jovanni Tricerri: 8,365 votes Loretta Torres: 7,886 votes Jeffrey Glatz: 5,000 votes Lisa Duarte: 4,302 votes Jon Scott: 4,177 votes Mercedes Macias: 3,780 votes As of Wednesday morning Depending on who was watching it unfold on national television, the result of the presidential election was either a surreal, slow-motion train wreck or a major upset victory. That much was apparent in Chico during the gatherings of local Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday evening .
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell penned a letter this week to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging it to approve a plan to remove four dams from the Klamath River to protect the interests of fish and farmers. “In short, dam removal can re-write a painful chapter in our history, and it can be done in a manner that protects the many interests in the basin,” she wrote in her Monday letter.
California Republicans are spreading out their bets in their annual effort to steer more water to the state's farmers. Framed by a hearing Tuesday, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives will vote this week on whether to retain farmer-friendly California water provisions in an Interior Department funding bill for the fiscal year that begins in October.
There are seven candidates vying for the District 1 Congressional seat. The district includes all of Butte County and part of Glenn County, as well as all of Tehama, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Plumas and Nevada counties, and part of Placer County.
Butte County voters recently received a “voter guide” from the “California Republican Taxpayers' Association,” hoping to be passed off as an official candidate endorsement. Read the disclaimer and Google the organization.