News Opinion Where I Stand Rollins pens Fox News Op-Ed: ‘President Trump is taking important, strategic steps to protect American consumers’ December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in Fox News highlighting the strategic actions the Trump… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Rollins, Kennedy pen joint Newsweek op-ed: ‘President Trump delivers a huge win for healthy farming’ December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 Brooke L. Rollins and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Feeling the pinch of rising health insurance rates? Debt management could help December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 Take Charge America, Special to LassenNews.com The federal government’s recent shutdown, largely triggered by disputes over whether to preserve or expire enhanced healthcare subsidies in 2026,… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Beyond the gift box: Teaching children heritage over gadgets and toys December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 Rachael Arbuckle, Special to LassenNews.com Every parent recognizes how much children adore toys. We remember it ourselves, from the thrill we experienced as kids when… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand The tax revolt is back! Save Prop 13, save our children’s future, reclaim voters’ rights November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 Gina Tse-Louie, Volunteer to FiXProp19, Special to LassenNews.com So much talk about affordable housing and when one has it, the government is taking it away through 2020 Proposition… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Civic reform advocate issues bold call to reclaim the People’s House before America’s 250th birthday November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 Michael Bedenbaugh, Special to LassenNews.com As America nears its 250th birthday, Navy veteran and civic reform advocate Michael Bedenbaugh is launching Project 2026, a citizen-driven… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Responding to JD Vance’s ‘false historical narrative’ November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 Dr. Christopher O 'Brien, Anthropology Instructor, Lassen Community College, Special to LassenNews.com Publisher’s note: LassenNews publishes opinions on a variety of topics — not because we necessarily agree with them but because… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand New ballroom symbolizes a new form of government October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Robert Kimball Shinkoskey, Special to LassenNews.com The president’s new ballroom showcases a new form of government for the United States. Ours is now a privately run… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Our Fourth Amendment rights are endangered like never before October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Mitchell Zimmerman, OtherWords.org, Special to LassenNews.com Trump is trying to disappear the part of the Constitution that stops the government from searching your house — or… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Privatizing the Veterans Administration will be a disaster for California’s rural vets October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, OtherWords, Special to LassenNews.com Forcing millions of veterans out of the Veterans Administration and into our crumbling rural hospitals will hurt both vets and… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Rural Californians are pawns in Prop. 50’s political game October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Senator Megan Dahle, Special to LassenNews.com Fifteen years ago, Californians went to the ballot and passed a good-government reform that wrote a key principle into the… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand How overpaid CEOs hurt the rest of us March 23, 2025March 22, 2025 Kieran Cuadras, Special to LassenNews.com CEO pay has been skyrocketing for years now, fueled in part by tax cuts for corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals. That’s… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand Nearly half of older Americans can’t afford basic needs December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 Sherlea Dony, Special to LassenNews.com The next administration wants to slash the social safety net. That would be devastating for seniors like me. I worked… Read more
News Opinion Where I Stand It’s up to all of us to watchdog mining companies and support our local governments June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 Dan Kearns and Feather River Watershed Alliance participants, Special to lassennews.com A Canadian mining company recently made a play to sneak past state and county regulations to exploit our local natural… Read more
News Where I Stand ‘We Have A Cause’ April 14, 2024April 13, 2024 Linda Tindell, Monticola Club, Special to lassennews.com Publisher’s note: The Monticola Club asks us to publish this information about the local organization. According to a statement from… Read more