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California’s citizens redistricting commission is designed to be nonpartisan, but its final congressional and legislative maps could change party politics. This week, the commission is reviewing lots of public comments and considering potential changes.
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Aric Crabb/Bay Area News GroupCalifornia will ban most new gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2024, but landscapers and gardeners warn the transition will cost them money and jobs. -
U.S. Fish and WildlifeWhat happens if you feed cannabis to sheep? It’s a question that livestock scientists are actually wondering about at Oregon State University. They’re trying to develop a new animal feed market for industrial hemp. OPB science reporter Jes Burns recently joined JPR’s Liam Moriarty to explain what they’re up to.
JPR Music
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FrankRamspott/In another unpredictable year of ups and downs, music once again came to the rescue. As we near the end of 2021, we want to know what albums (or EPs) resonated the most with you.
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Renee Klahr/NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.
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Jane Feldman/A singer and composer whose songs bridged Native and numerous mainstream styles, Shenandoah was driven to create, and to share her history, with audiences around the world.
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The Sydney-based rock trio joined us live in the studio to share songs from their new album Today We're The Greatest.
NPR | Featured
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Officials say the new rules are a necessary update to an outdated law, but consumer advocates worry that borrowers risk missing key information or falling prey to scammers.
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Charles Krupa/To all those holiday present procrastinators out there (you know who you are): Be sure to ship that holiday gift sooner rather than later to get those presents to their destination before December 25.
Oregon News
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DeFazio is Oregon's longest-tenured member of Congress. He leaves just as his Fourth District seat becomes more friendly for Democrats. -
The inability to obtain key permissions from Oregon regulators was the fatal blow to the proposed 229-mile-log pipeline and LNG port.
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State Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson will lead the caucus as it tries to reclaim ground from majority Democrats in next year's elections.
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A city park in Klamath Falls could soon have a new name, if residents decide to confront the history of Kit Carson, a Western frontiersman known for the expulsion and killing of local Native Americans.
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Lawmakers are expected to replenish the state’s rent assistance fund and extend eviction protections for those who have applied and are still awaiting checks.
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Republicans who'd argued the map was a blatant Democratic gerrymander elected not to appeal their case to the Oregon Supreme Court.
California News
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The individual returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 and had mild symptoms. Cases have been found in more than 20 countries, less than a week after the worrying new variant was first identified.
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President Joe Biden on Monday reassured Americans that the omicron variant “is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic” — raising questions about the strategy Gov. Gavin Newsom will employ to respond to a form of COVID-19 about which much remains unknown.
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The omicron variant has not yet entered the U.S., but California is already bracing for a surge in COVID cases.
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Community farms, especially those focused on communities of color, have sought to reframe thinking around “giving” this time of year.
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New legislation is being introduced that would return just over 1,000 acres of land located in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties to the Karuk Tribe.
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The answer is no in many parts of California. Eighteen counties, mostly rural ones, have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients today than a year ago.
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