SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The largest “Kicker” in Oregon history has Oregon taxpayers more excited than ever about getting their state income tax refund this year. The $5.61 billion in surplus revenue for the 2021-23 biennium is being returned to taxpayers in the form of a “kicker” tax credit of 44.28 percent of the Oregon
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Retaining top talent is challenging in Bend and Central Oregon. The lack of affordable and available housing, childcare capacity issues and increases in competitive wages are all acting against employers. It’s critical to retain top talent in Central Oregon, and many employers are wondering how. The answer is simple: Invest in
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La muerte de la activista e “influencer” mexicana Elena Larrea ha acaparado la atención de los medios nacionales y generado pesar y desconcierto en sus seguidores en las redes sociales, luego de que el equipo de Cuacolandia, santuario para animales que fundó en Puebla, informó el martes que falleció
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The original “Road House” has long been the guiltiest of pleasures, a movie that seems to be in a perpetual loop on cable, with Patrick Swayze as the philosopher-bouncer immortalizing lines like “Pain don’t hurt.” A 35-years-later update brings some of that allure to Amazon, with Jake
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo en un comunicado este jueves que la situación en la frontera “está controlada” después de que un gran grupo de inmigrantes atravesara las barreras de alambre de la Guardia Nacional de Texas, en El Paso. La agencia añadió
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Ante la alta demanda, la Embajada de Estados Unidos en México lleva a cabo un programa que permitirá a ciertos solicitantes adelantar su cita para tramitar la visa estadounidense. “Los solicitantes que tengan citas para visa de visitante programadas para 2025 o fecha posterior y hayan pagado su tarifa en
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — With over three decades of experience brewing delicious craft beers and delivering award-winning innovations, Deschutes Brewery has unveiled its next chapter of investment in the future of non-alcoholic brewing with the introduction of Fresh Squeezed Non-Alcoholic IPA. Crafted entirely in-house through a partnership with Sustainable Beverage Technologies (SBT) and utilizing the
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The lawsuit comes as the impeachment inquiry is all but winding down, with the Republican ranks
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The joint fundraising agreement that Donald Trump has inked with the Republican National Committee and state parties first sends donors’ money to his campaign committee and then to the leadership PAC that pays his legal bills before the national party gets its share, an invitation to an upcoming fundraiser
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) –– La Fiscalía General de Nueva York presentó sentencias en el condado de Westchester, en lo que representa la primera señal de que el estado se prepara para intentar embargar el campo de golf y la finca privada de Donald Trump al norte de Manhattan, conocidos como Seven Springs. Los abogados del Estado
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A fifth teenager has been arrested in connection with a shooting this month that left eight high school students wounded at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, police said Thursday. The 15-year-old, whom CNN is not naming because of his age, served as a
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The teeth clench. The brow furrows. The bicep bulges. In moody black and white, photos of French President Emmanuel Macron pounding a punching bag arched eyebrows across Europe on Thursday after his official photographer posted them to social media in what was widely received
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and his Republican allies are well behind President Joe Biden and Democrats on fundraising. But an upcoming major fundraiser the former president is hosting in Florida will prioritize his own campaign and the committee paying his legal bills before the Republican National Committee.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Rarely have voters’ answers to that question been so complicated. Former President Donald Trump asked the time-tested question of his supporters in all-caps Monday on his Truth Social platform. President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school bathroom fight with Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old whose death following the altercation was ruled a suicide, the county district attorney said Thursday. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El expresidente de la Generalitat de Cataluña Carles Puigdemont anunció este jueves que se presentará a las elecciones al Parlamento de Cataluña del próximo 12 de mayo. “No solo se trata de optar a las elecciones. Se trata de proponer mi candidatura a la restitución de la presidencia de la Generalitat”,
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says a requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking does not violate the First Amendment. The ruling Thursday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a partial victory for federal regulators seeking to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say a man who indicated he had a gun hijacked a transit bus in downtown Los Angeles and then grabbed the wheel, causing the bus to collide with several vehicles and crash into a hotel. Only the driver was on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority bus when the
Continue ReadingKGO, SAN JOSE POLICE, CNN By Lauren Martinez Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KGO) — A man has been arrested after a hidden camera that recorded dozens of victims was found inside a San Jose Starbucks bathroom in January, police say. San Jose police say that the camera was discovered
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