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Oregon Lawmakers Consider Ending Preschool Program That Taxes the Rich to Educate the Poor
The Multnomah County Chair has expressed outrage at Oregon lawmakers considering scrapping the Preschool for All program.
Legislation Will Prohibit Taxing High-Income Earners
Members of the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee…
Oregon Sues Trump Administration for Quietly Slashing Billions in Promised Federal Grants
A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, is suing the Trump Administration over its indiscriminate, unprecedented, and unlawful attempts to invoke a single provision in the federal regulations to…
Oregon Senate Votes to Stop Insurance Companies From Making Non-Opioid Pain Relief Harder to Get…
The majority of Oregon Senators came out in favor on Monday of new legislation that will prohibit insurers from classifying non-opioid pain medication differently from prescribed drugs.
The Senate has passed Senate Bill 598 with a 23-6…
Klamath County Hit by Wave of Roof-Entry Burglaries Targeting Local Businesses
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) issued an alert yesterday warning of a recent surge in commercial burglaries, which they are currently investigating.
In many of the Klamath County commercial burglaries,…
Oregon Moves to Ease Doctor Shortage by Licensing Foreign-Trained Physicians
In a far-reaching move to resolve the shortage of healthcare providers, particularly in primary care, in Oregon and elsewhere in the country, Senate Bill 476 will allow physicians from other countries to obtain provisional licenses to work…
Oregon Bans All Fireworks From State Parks and Beaches Ahead of Fourth of July
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) wants the public to celebrate the Fourth of July but reminds the public that fireworks and explosives are strictly prohibited within Oregon State Parks and on the whole ocean shore.
The…
Oregon Plans to Fund Wildfire Fight With Fresh Taxes on Tobacco, Timber, and Property Owners
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has thrown her support behind proposed legislation that would impose a range of taxes on products to raise money to combat wildfires.
House Bill 3940 has passed the House of Representatives and will now pass to…
Four Oregon Beaches Just Ranked Among the Best Hidden Gems in America
Four Oregon beaches were rooted out in a recent countrywide survey of top US off-the-radar beaches. The top three are found in Hawaii, followed by Secret Beach on the southern Oregon coast.
4 Oregon Beaches Voted Best Hidden Gems…
Public Outcry Grows Over Republican Plan to Sell Off 22 Million Acres of Oregon Public Land
The Wilderness Society has come out in a scathing attack of Senate Republicans for their ‘poisonous version’ of a bill calling for the sale of between 200 to 300 million acres of land in 11 states, including Oregon, managed by the Bureau of…
Oregon Leaders Warn Trump’s Iran Strike Could Drag America Into Another Forever War
As nervous Americans watch the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s airstrikes on Iran unfold, Oregon lawmakers reacted swiftly and angrily, calling his action unconstitutional and reckless.
Reckless Attack Without Congressional…