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The newly minted chair of the Oregon Republican Party stepped down Wednesday, amid revelations of ongoing personal finan...
04/11/2025

The newly minted chair of the Oregon Republican Party stepped down Wednesday, amid revelations of ongoing personal financial woes and troubling allegations from a 16-year-old divorce.

The chair of the Oregon Republican Party stepped down amid revelations of ongoing financial woes and allegations from a 16-year-old divorce.

Data entry errors at the Oregon Department of Transportation that led to more than 1,700 people being incorrectly regist...
04/11/2025

Data entry errors at the Oregon Department of Transportation that led to more than 1,700 people being incorrectly registered to vote despite not demonstrating citizenship began years earlier than the department previously acknowledged, according to a new report released Friday.

Voter registration errors at the Oregon Department of Transportation began years earlier than the department previously acknowledged.

As the United States works to be a global AI superpower, it’s become a home to hundreds of data centers — buildings that...
04/11/2025

As the United States works to be a global AI superpower, it’s become a home to hundreds of data centers — buildings that store and maintain the physical equipment needed to compute information.

The United States become a home to hundreds of data centers that store and maintain physical equipment needed to compute information.

“Well, I’ll tell ya, I’m a member of the ‘hell, no’ Congress," Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley told a crowd of protesters outsi...
04/10/2025

“Well, I’ll tell ya, I’m a member of the ‘hell, no’ Congress," Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley told a crowd of protesters outside the U.S. Capitol today. "When Republicans say, ‘We are going to slash Medicaid,’ we say, ‘Hell no,’” he said, prompting the crowd to say it with him.

Hundreds demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging congressional Republicans to rethink cutting programs.

The Oregon Department of Education will not end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to fit the Trump administrat...
04/10/2025

The Oregon Department of Education will not end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to fit the Trump administration’s interpretation of federal civil rights law, Gov. Tina Kotek and the state’s education director announced Thursday.

Oregon will not capitulate to Trump demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, state leaders said in a letter to officials.

The U.S. Education Department has agreed to delay for nearly two weeks enforcement of a disputed directive seeking to ba...
04/10/2025

The U.S. Education Department has agreed to delay for nearly two weeks enforcement of a disputed directive seeking to ban diversity, equity and inclusion practices, according to a court filing Thursday in the case challenging the order.

The U.S. Education Department has agreed to delay for nearly two weeks enforcement of a disputed directive on DEI.

Columnist Randy Stapilus's first personal sign of the impact of tariffs: gifts of a few bottles of good wine from friend...
04/10/2025

Columnist Randy Stapilus's first personal sign of the impact of tariffs: gifts of a few bottles of good wine from friends who work in the industry. Wine that would have been sold in Canada was returned at the border, and Oregon winemakers are accumulating a surplus.

Bottles of wine columnist Randy Stapilus as gifts were emblematic of a bigger situation not nearly so benign.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will pause his sweeping tariffs for 90 days on countries willing to negotiate new tr...
04/09/2025

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will pause his sweeping tariffs for 90 days on countries willing to negotiate new trade deals but will not relent on China, according to a post Wednesday on his social media platform.

President Donald Trump will pause his sweeping tariffs for 90 days on countries willing to negotiate new trade deals but not relent on China.

In a visit to Utah, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the state for banning fluoride in ...
04/08/2025

In a visit to Utah, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the state for banning fluoride in drinking water and said he hopes other states will follow its lead. Oregon already has a far lower share of fluoridated water than the rest of the U.S.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’s proud of Utah’s push to eliminate fluoride from drinking water.

The IRS and Department of Homeland Security agreed Monday to share some immigrants' tax information of immigrants to hel...
04/08/2025

The IRS and Department of Homeland Security agreed Monday to share some immigrants' tax information of immigrants to help immigration agents find and deport them, a first for the IRS. Immigrants without legal status paid an estimated more than $89 billion in taxes in 2023.

The IRS and Department of Homeland Security will share tax information to help immigration agents find and deport the immigrants.

Washington state lawmakers backed a huge increase in the amount of toll revenues they’ll count on to help pay for constr...
04/08/2025

Washington state lawmakers backed a huge increase in the amount of toll revenues they’ll count on to help pay for construction of a replacement bridge on Interstate 5 connecting Oregon and Washington.

Washington lawmakers backed a huge increase in the amount of toll revenues they’ll count on to help pay for a new bridge on Interstate 5.

A new community center and “climate resilience hub” in the southern Oregon town of Chiloquin should be months underway r...
04/08/2025

A new community center and “climate resilience hub” in the southern Oregon town of Chiloquin should be months underway right now. Instead, city officials are wondering if they’ll ever see the $16 million they were promised in December from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to build it.

Ten Oregon projects are among more than 470 across the country stuck in limbo, with recipients denied access to millions in funding

Oregon's Department of Education shut down literacy and math development programs because of an abrupt federal funding c...
04/07/2025

Oregon's Department of Education shut down literacy and math development programs because of an abrupt federal funding cut.

The U.S. Department of Education is rescinding nearly $3.5 million in funds to improve Oregon students’ literacy and math skills.

Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. But what does Medicaid actually do?
04/07/2025

Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. But what does Medicaid actually do?

Republicans in Congress are eyeing $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, the federal-state government health care program for lower-income people.

Thousands of Oregonians joined protests against the Trump administration on Saturday. We joined forces with other Oregon...
04/07/2025

Thousands of Oregonians joined protests against the Trump administration on Saturday. We joined forces with other Oregon news outlets to share on-the-ground coverage from demonstrations in red and blue cities throughout the state.

Oregonians turned out to protest on Saturday from Astoria to Gold Beach, Portland to Pendleton, and dozens of cities in between.

At least 125 people showed up to protest Trump in rural Madras, including a forest service fish biologist who could lose...
04/05/2025

At least 125 people showed up to protest Trump in rural Madras, including a forest service fish biologist who could lose his job, a woman who relies on Medicaid to pay for caregivers and a first-time protester with the sign “my tummy hurts and I’m mad at the government.”

At least 125 people flocked to the busy intersection of U.S. routes 26 and 97 in Madras on Saturday afternoon.

"They claim their tax bill is just all unicorns and rainbows. They’ll say everybody is going to benefit from a tax cut a...
04/05/2025

"They claim their tax bill is just all unicorns and rainbows. They’ll say everybody is going to benefit from a tax cut and typical families will get the help they need. They’ll promise rising wages and a booming economy. It’s just not true." — Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden on the Senate GOP budget blueprint that passed this morning.

Senate Republicans approved a resolution to aid in maintaining 2017 tax cuts and pave the way to add nearly $6 trillion to the deficit.

Some already threatened cold-water fish species in the Northwest will not only face shrinking habitat from climate chang...
04/04/2025

Some already threatened cold-water fish species in the Northwest will not only face shrinking habitat from climate change but will face growing pressure from invasive fish species fleeing their own warming and dwindling waters, according to modeling from researchers at Oregon State University.

Researchers at Oregon State University found climate change will shrink native fish habitat and lead to crowding from invasive species.

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