GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion and more
By CLAIRE RUSH and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Most Republican members of the Oregon Senate failed to show up for the second…
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Merkley cosponsors bill to lower federal tax burden for public health nurses
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), teamed up Thursday to introduce…
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UO study: Teen girls’ texts reveal clues to mental health; apps could connect them to support
EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The language that adolescent girls use in texts and on social media reflects day-to-day changes in their moods, new University…
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GOP boycott: What’s halting vote on guns, abortion and more?
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Partisan tensions in Oregon skyrocketed this week because Republican state…
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Oregon Republicans stay home ahead of abortion, guns votes
By ANDREW SELSKY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon didn’t show up to work on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingRuling might cancel Alaska commercial king salmon season
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling…
Continue ReadingWashington state to decriminalize drugs unless lawmakers act
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling lawmakers back to work after they rejected a bill setting out…
Continue ReadingSeattle man dies while climbing Mount Everest
SEATTLE (AP) — A retired Seattle doctor died while climbing Mount Everest on Monday, according to University of Washington officials. University…
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More time on the line this year for the Northern Pike Minnow Sport Reward Fishery Program
A new app allows anglers to bypass the registration station so they can spend more time and earn more money for reeling in voracious salmon-eating…
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New OHA report details Oregon’s health care cost spending trends
The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday published Oregon’s 2022 Annual Cost Growth Trends Report, which presents data on health care spending and…
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Wyden, colleagues urge IRS to prepare for, tackle AI-generated tax scams that seek personal info
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and James Lankford, R-Okla., sounded the alarm Tuesday on the…
Continue Reading Wyden, colleagues urge bakers to stop adding unneeded sesame to baked goods, protect those with allergies
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., led a letter Tuesday urging bakers to stop unnecessarily…
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Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, embroiled in consultant controversy, announces resignation
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, who quickly became embroiled in controversy in recent days over a side job she took earlier this year as a…
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Recreational crabbing closed along southern Oregon coast due to elevated levels of marine biotoxin
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have announced the closure of all recreational crabbing on the…
Continue Reading Chavez-DeRemer urges EPA to reconsider rodenticide restrictions
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) led 29 of her colleagues Monday in urging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to…
Continue Reading Oregon lawmakers advance bill on abortion, trans health care
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have advanced a sweeping bill intended to protect abortion…
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Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee won’t seek 4th term
By GENE JOHNSON and ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inlsee, a Democrat who has sought to make the state a leader on…
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Marijuana job lands Oregon secretary of state in trouble
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to 4 substation attacks on Christmas
By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story TACOMA, Washington (KPTV) — A 32-year-old Puyallup, Wash. man pleaded guilty on Friday to…
Continue ReadingCamas teens ride tank to prom flanked by Portland’s ‘Unipiper’
By JEFFERY LINDBLOM Click here for updates on this story CAMAS, Washington (KPTV) — More than two months ago, Sherman…
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