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Rail advocates argue new lines will grow the economy, shrink mobility inequalities and help decarbonize the region.
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CalMatters; iStock/California nursing homes have filed more than 400 lawsuits since 2016 to appeal state citations and fines alleging poor patient care. Regulators downgraded nearly a third of sanctions involving a death. Advocates say the appeals system favors nursing homes.
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The Brooklyn singer-songwriter performed a few songs from her brand new album called Between Us.
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A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own.
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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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Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesOmicron has many more mutations than previous variants of concern, a fact that raises questions about how effective existing vaccines will be against the new form of the coronavirus.
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Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.
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A report out Monday from an environmental group says tiny bits of plastic have been found in many waterways in the state. -
Last week the Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law. What does that mean for Oregonians?
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The price of many prescription drugs has been rising dramatically in recent years. This week, Oregonians will have a chance to give testimony about how those prices are affecting their ability to afford their medication.
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Klamath tribal member Ka’ila Farrell-Smith is one of four contemporary Indigenous artists featured in the new show MESH at the Portland Art Museum. Her works in the exhibition are a part of a series of 27 paintings called Land Back, named after the contemporary movement advocating for Indigenous sovereignty.
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The animals, including an entire wolf pack, were found poisoned earlier this year. "All investigative leads have been exhausted," says Oregon State Police Capt. Stephanie Bigman.
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A lot could happen over the next couple of days, but one thing is clear: the fight over political lines is done for the next decade, but the political bruising is still raw.
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Tens of thousands of California’s guest farmworkers and U.S. farmworkers will see pay increases in 2022, which advocates say comes thanks to their lawsuit to stop a Trump-era wage freeze.
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President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the nation’s worker health and safety efforts largely failed in his previous job to enforce protections for California outdoor workers exposed to toxic wildfire smoke. That’s according to an investigation by KQED and The California Newsroom.
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The unusually high and low tides will be affecting coastal communities over the weekend. Scientists are calling on residents and visitors to help document the phenomenon.
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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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As winter rains approach, the risk of flooding is increasing in California and Oregon.
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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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