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This year’s tally of homeless people showed declining numbers in Southwestern Oregon and far Northern California, but service providers aren’t convinced the problem is actually getting better.
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With 7 of its most ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials now must find new ways to clean up the nation’s worst air pollution. But officials face growing pushback about affordability and costs.
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Martin Majkut has conducted and studied music around the world, but in Oregon, he’s been known since 2010 as the adventurous, growth-oriented music director of the Rogue Valley Symphony. He also has a long-standing collaboration with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Now, he's adding another title -- music director of the Oregon Coast Music Festival. He recently shared his packed performance calendar with JPR’s Vanessa Finney.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.
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The DOJ has sued the entire federal district court in Maryland over an order that puts a temporary hold on deportations, intensifying a confrontation between the Trump administration and the courts.
The city previously used the building as a temporary homeless shelter but closed it in April because it didn't meet fire code.
California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry. Lawmakers left it out of the state budget they last week.