Oregon’s two U.S. senators, a congresswoman and two GOP state legislative leaders issued statements In response to the apparent attempted assassination of President Trump Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek joined the National Guard Bureau and the Oregon Military Department on Friday for the unveiling of the first F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet at the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard.“Oregon’s location in our nation places us in a critical position for national air defense. Today’s
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley announced Friday that his bipartisan legislation with Louisiana’s Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. to address America’s stillbirth crisis has been signed into law. The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act amends federal law to clarify that stillbirth prevention activities are an allowable use of federal funds, saving the lives of mothers
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Val Hoyle (OR-04) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses. Specifically, the Veterans Affairs Opportunity for Women-Owned Small Businesses Act would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide these businesses with similar priority consideration already granted by other federal
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Alex Padilla (D-OR) — along with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Peter Welch (D-VT) — announced Friday the introduction of the Fraudulent Artificial Intelligence Regulations (FAIR) Elections Act. The bill aims to ensure the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) does not enable mass voter suppression
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Friday declared an extended state of emergency because of the imminent threat of wildfire, beginning immediately and continuing through October 1. “Wildfires are active across Oregon and are growing at a concerning pace,” Kotek said. “Hot and windy conditions this weekend, including forecast lightning in some areas,
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese, despite his assertion that the records are needed to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by
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Associated Press TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-year-old fisherman feeling drained if
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that was responding to a small wildfire in central Idaho before crashing in the Sawtooth National Forest survived and was able to hike to a waiting ambulance, officials said. “Our pilot was on board and survived, and an investigation is underway,” U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Angela
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AP Technology Writers In the race to stay ahead in artificial intelligence, the biggest technology companies are swallowing up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them. Now three members of the U.S. Senate are calling for an investigation. San Francisco-based Adept announced a deal late last month that will send
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – On Thursday, Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) introduced the bipartisan Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act. This bill would increase funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), helping provide them with additional resources that are needed to combat the fentanyl crisis. “Oregon had the highest
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. and Canada said Thursday they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries. The “agreement in
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices, officials said. Providence said in a statement Thursday that it is notifying about
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Student loan borrowers faced significant confusion and frustration this past year in navigating the shifting landscape of loan repayment and forgiveness programs, according to a new report issued by Oregon’s student loan ombuds. Part of the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, the student loan ombuds is tasked with helping guide borrowers
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Crews later this month will begin installing the power and data cables that are essential to completing construction of a new wave energy testing facility off the Oregon Coast. The cables will support Oregon State University’s PacWave South, the first pre-permitted, utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States. When
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Since June, there have been 100 human-caused wildfires on national forests and grasslands in Oregon and Washington, Forest Service officials said Thursday. While firefighters have been largely successful in putting out these preventable fires, the extremely hot and dry conditions are significantly ramping up fire danger across the region.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The youngest members of the large Baby Boom Generation, born between 1946 and 1964, turn 60 years old this year. Workers in this age group have been and are expected to continue shifting into retirement – “taking their skills and experience with them,” a state economist said Thursday. State Employment Economist
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) have announced an agreement to advance bipartisan legislation, built off of Merkley’s ETHICS Act, to ban Members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependents from holding, buying, or selling stocks. This is the first time a Senate Committee will mark
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and 10 Senate cosponsors introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would make key improvements to the nation’s unemployment insurance system. The legislation, titled the Unemployment Insurance Integrity and Accessibility Act, would focus on program administration and integrity to combat fraud and improve access
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week requesting the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate potential violations of ethics, false statement, and tax laws by Supreme
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