Oregonians would pay more at the pump, higher fees when they buy a car or bike and see more money deducted from their paychecks to pay for transit…
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By Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard OLYMPIA, Wash. (KTVZ) — Amtrak is moving train cars to the Northwest from other parts of the country to…
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Oregon’s list of regulated hazardous substances is getting its first update in nearly two decades with the addition of six “forever chemicals”…
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More than 250 Oregon schools since 2023 have gotten some portion of the state’s Early Literacy Success Initiative grants, a pot of $90 million…
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield plans to travel the state throughout the spring and summer, hosting town halls about federal oversight in…
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Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the state’s…
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By the time Joanna Rogers got to give testimony at the Capitol on a bill that could one day help enshrine the right to a healthy and safe climate in…
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Oregon recently celebrated registering more than 100,000 electric vehicles, which Gov. Tina Kotek called a “milestone” for reaching the…
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Calling it a “moral imperative,” the Oregon Senate voted Monday to ban landlords from asking about or disclosing tenants’ immigration…
Continue Reading With just a few months to go before programs would begin, Oregon’s Legislature is once again scrambling to pass funding for summer…
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Oregon is in a better financial position than other states, but could see its budget devastated by federal spending cuts, a framework released…
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Among the more than 300 people who attended a Portland town hall Monday for federal employees were veterans’ health care workers, climate and…
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Oregon and nine other states recently achieved a collective goal of shifting new car buyers toward electric rather than gas-powered vehicles in an…
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By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that…
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Oregon’s 197 school districts will get nearly $77 million in additional funding this year from revenues generated from leases and industry…
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred…
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Oregon’s second-highest court affirmed Wednesday that the voter-approved gun control law Measure 114 is constitutional, potentially clearing the…
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Since the Oregon Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and limit…
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One-term Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer has successfully turned her election loss and closer-than-typical relationship with some unions…
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By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The nonprofit federal administration that provides one-third of the…
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