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Education

ACLU, Decoding Dyslexia join calls for Oregon literacy grants to target highest needs schools

Literacy and civil rights advocates are calling on legislators to send more money to 42 chronically struggling schools ... Read more

Environment

Group formed to invest, grant money from state’s largest environmental damages settlement

The Oregon Environmental Restoration Council will help invest and dole out nearly $700 million in funds the state ... Read more

Wildfires

Oregon Republicans say Dems delaying vote on wildfire map repeal to get votes for wildfire funding

Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting ... Read more

Nation

Federal judges side with Oregon in striking down tariffs imposed by President Trump

New tariffs imposed on nearly all imports into the U.S. since April were struck down Wednesday by three ... Read more

Environment

After reaching historic lows, hydropower generation in the Northwest expected to rise in 2025

After dropping to historic levels last year due to ongoing drought and high temperatures, hydropower generated in the ... Read more

Government

State Rep. Bobby Levy weighs in on bills close to family business while lawmakers weigh regulations

The Republican from northeast Oregon testified against bills related to fertilizer and data centers that could impact her ... Read more

Government

In suit against Trump administration tariffs, states argue president exceeded powers

Lawyers for Oregon and 11 states attorneys general argued no relationship exists between “extraordinary” threats Trump wants to ... Read more

Government

Groups rally against bill that would exempt Umatilla County from statewide nuclear ban

Rally attendees said Oregon politicians and businesses continue to treat northeast Oregon as an ‘environmental sacrifice zone.’ A ... Read more

News Partners

Oregon’s Congressional Democrats propose leveraging federal Job Corps to train more firefighters

To combat chronic and growing shortages of wildland firefighters, Oregon’s Congressional Democrats propose leveraging an existing federal jobs ... Read more

Environment

State forestry officials face backlash over Astoria timber sales, board member resigns in wake

A year-long communication breakdown between concerned residents and state forestry leaders required investigation and halted one state timber ... Read more

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