SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat and the first woman to serve in the post, announced on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection after serving for three terms. Rosenblum, 72, said she would step aside to allow “new leadership, new energy, and new initiatives” to come to the Oregon
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said Tuesday she is backing the bipartisan Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, which seeks to uphold labor rights for all public safety officers. Specifically, this legislation will allow public safety officers to form a labor union, collectively bargain for hours and wages, and provide resolution mechanisms for impasses
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced legislation this week that prohibits advertising networks and facilitators from using personal data to target advertisements. “The first place to start in holding companies accountable is to attack the business model so many of the big tech companies depend on,” Wyden said. “If you take
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced Monday that OHSU nurses have voted to authorize a strike, KGW reported. The update came during a news conference late Monday morning following months of negotiations that resulted in a stalemate between Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the union. The authorization vote gives union leaders the right
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A coalition of Oregonians are pushing to make significant changes they say would “fix and improve” controversial Measure 110. The group filed ballot initiatives on Monday, proposing a number of modifications to the measure, KGW reported.
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September is Hunger Action Month, and comes at a time when many Oregonians are struggling to get the food they need.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday joined U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, state agency leaders, and members of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council, including representatives from PGE, Pacific Power, Avista, and rural electric cooperatives for a roundtable discussion about national strategies that can support local efforts to reduce the catastrophic
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A man has been charged with a hate crime after the windows of the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown International District were smashed last week. King County prosecutors allege that Craig Milne, 76, used a sledgehammer to break windows at the museum Thursday night as people were touring an exhibit, The
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Several Oregon State University researchers are receiving federal funding to study potential solutions for removing carbon dioxide in marine environments. The grants, part of a $24.3 million federal investment to address gaps in knowledge related to marine carbon dioxide removal, were recently announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is the
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Oregon State University has received a $7.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to modernize a lab focused on using zebrafish to address pressing human health challenges.
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The Lookout Fire on the Willamette National Forest put up much more smoke again this weekend due to the hot, windy conditions, but containment lines held on the more than month-old blaze, still 50% contained, and cooler weather will help them continue mop-up and other work.
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By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge is set to decide whether a gun control law approved by voters in November violates the state’s constitution in a trial that started Monday. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the first gun
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CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 3.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.65/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 2.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 2.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — What do blue cheese, diamonds, dental chairs and electric big rigs have in common? They’re among the finalists in the Coolest Thing Made in Oregon contest, which Oregon Business & Industry and partner Here is Oregon are presenting for the first time this year. The 16 finalists represent a wide variety of products
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Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date.
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HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Hunters Association is offering $1,000 rewards for information related to each of three recent poaching cases, including a bull elk in Columbia County, a Mule deer doe in Baker County and a Black-tailed buck in Hood River County. OSP Fish and Wildlife Troopers do not believe the cases
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Senate colleagues this week introduced legislation that would prevent individuals convicted of violent misdemeanor hate crimes from buying or possessing firearms. “Congress needs to pass common-sense gun legislation that keeps guns away from criminals who have been convicted of violent hate crimes,” Wyden said. “That’s why I’m
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Administrators at the Oregon State Hospital announced late Friday that they have received ‘immediate jeopardy’ findings from a surveyor who was on site on behalf of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — A 3-alarm commercial fire that started early Saturday morning in Clackamas County has triggered ‘shelter in place’ orders for people living near the burning fiberglass plant, according to the Clackamas Fire Department. Firefighters responded in the early hours of Saturday to
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on psychedelic mushrooms. For roughly six hours, adults over 21 can experience what many users describe as vivid geometric shapes, a loss of identity and a oneness
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