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FILE - Phil Fine checks for carrot seeds in the soil left behind in a combine while harvesting a field North Unit Irrigation District on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, near Madras, Ore. In 2026, irrigators in the North Unit district will get roughly 57% of the water they average when conditions are good.
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Food and Agriculture
Oregon farmers, water managers stare at a bleak summer as irrigation season begins
Alejandro Figueroa
This year's unusually warm and dry winter brought with it little snow across much of Oregon. Water managers and farmers are now figuring out whether they’ll have enough water.
In this photo taken on Friday, May 17, 2019, a person rests in a van while parked in front of a homeless encampment in Oakland, Calif.
Ben Margot
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Poverty and Homelessness
A new homelessness strategy is sweeping California
Marisa Kendall
A group of people hold signs protesting a timber auction on the sidewalk outside a building
Roman Battaglia
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Environment, Energy and Transportation
Lawsuit challenges BLM logging project near Grants Pass over owl surveys
Roman Battaglia
About three-quarters of federal O&C forests in western Oregon are protected from regular logging. But Bureau of Land Management indicated it could return those acres to 1960s harvest levels, more than 10 times current levels.
Courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management)
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Oregon Dems request feds get more public input on massive new logging plans for western forests
Alex Baumhardt
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Harvest time at Red Lily Vineyards.
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Before and after photos of the Learning Nest, a childcare center in Scappoose, Ore. that received a $30,000 Child Care Infrastructure Fund grant to improve their outdoor play area.
Courtesy of Business Oregon and the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care
Education
Oregon state grant program providing millions for child care infrastructure projects winds down
Alex Baumhardt
The Oregon Child Care Infrastructure Fund since 2024 has supported $50 million in construction costs on more than 180 child care facility projects.
FILE - Skylar Isaacs (right) takes online classes as a high school junior.
Rob Manning
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OPB
Education
High school dropout rate for Oregon’s virtual schools higher than state average
Elizabeth Miller
The upper portion of a large concrete building with two American flags in foreground
Steve Morgan
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Law and Justice
Owner of Klamath Falls lab charged with defrauding Medicare for $46 million
Justin Higginbottom
Ballots move through a signature verification system at the Multnomah County Elections Division office in Portland, Ore., Nov. 1, 2024. Signatures that do not match the records on file are identified and a notice is sent to the voter to have them verify their signature and have their vote counted.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Politics & Government
US Supreme Court could end Oregon’s practice of accepting ballots post Election Day
Dirk VanderHart
A newly hatched salmon with red belly in front of a ruler showing.
Mark Martin
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Wildlife
Chinook salmon are hatching in Upper Klamath for first time in a century
Justin Higginbottom
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Construction scaffolding sits in a housing development in Folsom, Calif.
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Housing
Lawmakers see a need for more factory-built housing in California
Laura Fitzgerald
As the state stares down a drastic shortage of housing units, lawmakers are looking for new ways to help developers build faster and reduce costs.
A sign of labor leader Cesar Chavez is held at a rally outside the state Capitol in Sacramento on Sept. 21, 2022.
Rahul Lal
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CalMatters
Politics & Government
César Chávez Day is no more. California lawmakers officially scrap the holiday name
Nadia Lathan
A ballot drop box outside of the Shasta County Clerk's office
Roman Battaglia
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Politics & Government
Judge allows Shasta County election reform measure on ballot
Roman Battaglia
FILE - A bill that would require large tech companies to compensate newsrooms for the local journalism on platforms like Google and Facebook is advancing to the floor of the Oregon state Senate.
Jenny Kane
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AP
Media & Society
California jury finds Meta, Google liable for teen’s mental distress in landmark social media trial
Colin Lecher
A grey building with a sign that reads, "Superior Court of California, County of Shasta," and the California state seal below it.
Roman Battaglia
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JPR News
Politics & Government
Judge weighs whether Shasta County election measure stays on ballot
Roman Battaglia
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