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Year: 2022

Knopp condemns chants of bigotry at UO game, urges ‘appropriate discipline’ for students involved

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — During Saturday’s football game hosted by the University of Oregon, video evidence surfaced of profane chants made by some attendees sitting in the student section. The chants appeared to reference Brigham Young University’s status as a privately held university sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Senate Minority Leader Tim

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Interior Dept. invests over $6.8 million in Oregon wildfire resilience projects

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The Department of the Interior announced Monday that it has invested over $6.8 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in Oregon on 49,039 acres of land across the state.  This is part of $103 million allocated by the Department earlier this year to reduce wildfire

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Jury selection in Tom Barrack’s foreign lobbying trial begins with mention of Trump

By Kara Scannell Jury selection began Monday in the foreign lobbying trial of Tom Barrack, a former adviser to then-President Donald Trump and chairman of his Presidential Inaugural Committee. Judge Brian Cogan mentioned Trump’s name as he questioned a pool of potential jurors to find qualified individuals to hear evidence, suggesting the former President as

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GOP leaders say approving Covid aid will be even harder after Biden ‘pandemic is over’ remark

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Top Republicans, who were already skeptical about approving more Covid-19 relief money, said Monday that President Joe Biden’s comments that the “pandemic is over” essentially shuts the door on the slim chances of more money getting approved. “It makes it eminently harder for sure,” Senate Minority Whip John

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