WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would restore federal protections of Social Security benefits to prevent the federal government from garnishing them for the repayment of all non-tax federal debt —such as student loans. “It is plain wrong to take away the Social Security benefits seniors earned through a
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WASHINGTON – Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Angus King of Maine have teamed up with Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) to introduce the bicameral Help Our Kelp Act. Over the last 50 years, the changing climate, poor water quality, and overfishing have damaged between 40-60 percent of our kelp forests. Kelp forest ecosystems not only provide
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People in Oregon could start receiving the nation’s newest COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next week after a federal advisory body earlier this week endorsed the updated shots for everyone 6 months or older.
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Oregon state senators with at least 10 absences during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for reelection, according to the secretary of state, but several on Thursday filed candidacy papers with election authorities.
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A Seattle police officer is under investigation after his body-worn camera captured a phone conversation following the death of a woman who was fatally struck by a police car in which the officer is laughing and says the victim “had limited value,” according to the footage and a statement
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate colleagues wrote Wednesday to nine of the nation’s leading companies developing and deploying artificial intelligence technology to call on them to answer for the working conditions of their data workers. “Despite the essential nature of this work, millions of data workers around the world perform these
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Summer Lee (PA-12) on Wednesday introduced the bipartisan DIRECT Care for the Homeless Act. The new proposal, which comes as homelessness continues to rise across the United States at a record-setting rate, requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a pilot program that would
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon State University-led collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings from more than 150 years ago can advance environmental science. Researchers from OSU, the U.S. Forest Service, the University of Vermont and the Smithsonian American Art Museum used 19th-century depictions of preindustrial forests in the northeastern
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year want cameras banned from the courtroom, contending that news coverage of the criminal proceedings has violated a judge’s orders and threatens his right to a fair trial. Bryan Kohberger
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Oregon’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in August, the same as in July, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday. The rate tied Oregon’s record low of 3.4%, which also was reached in November and December of 2019.
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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after breaking his neck in the Lewiston Roundup. The 36-year-old Mauney, from Charlotte, North Carolina, said on Instagram he had surgery at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston that required the removal of a disk. “Surgery went great, and
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Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., took to the Senate floor Tuesday to mark the start of long-sought negotiations by Medicare to lower the cost of prescription drugs, made possible by recent legislation.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a stockholder derivative lawsuit Tuesday against the board of directors of Fox Corporation, the corporate parent of Fox News, for breach of fiduciary duty. The Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund (OPERF) is a Fox investor. The Attorney General represents OPERF and Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read,
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Governor Tina Kotek on Tuesday announced funding allocations to counties within Oregon’s Balance of State Continuum of Care as part of her homelessness state of emergency, as well as the specific outcomes attached to these emergency dollars.
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ODOT reopened Oregon Highway 242, the McKenzie Highway, Tuesday morning following reductions in Lookout Fire evacuation levels. A 15-mile stretch of the highway was closed nearly a month ago, on August 18, due to activity from the Lookout Fire, which has burned over 24,000 acres but is now 50% contained.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, Ben Cardin, D-Md, and Todd Young, R-Ind., said Monday they are continuing their years-long push for accountability in the U.S. organ procurement and transplant system. New letters led this week by the senators mark a powerful push to crack down on serious potential financial
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A 68-year-old man walked into an FBI field office in Oregon and confessed to bludgeoning a woman to death more than four decades ago in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, prosecutors said. John Michael Irmer, 68, was arraigned Monday in Boston. Irmer, who prosecutors say is also being
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Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.68/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon.
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HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – State, federal and local partners helped dedicate two additional miles of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail on Saturday with people hiking, biking and rolling through the newest path through the Columbia River Gorge. The dedication ceremony included a ribbon-cutting at Viento State Park South, now home to a new
Continue ReadingROCKAWAY BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man described as “agitated” in the small coastal city of Rockaway Beach, authorities said Friday. An Oregon State Police trooper responded to a residence Thursday evening to help a Tillamook County deputy with an agitated suspect, police said in a statement. During the
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