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Media & Society

Jefferson Public Radio may have to weather changes amid Southern Oregon University cuts

Jane Vaughan

A consultant says the university must make $20 million in cuts to help stabilize its finances. Those could affect JPR.

The outside of the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals in Salem is pictured on Dec. 14, 2023.

Ben Botkin

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Law and Justice

AI-generated erroneous court filings are ‘rapidly escalating,’ Oregon appeals judge warns

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Politics & Government

Shasta Supervisors delay censure vote for county clerk amid complaints

Roman Battaglia

The gubernatorial candidates during a debate hosted by CBS LA at Pomona College in Claremont, on April 28, 2026.

Jae C. Hong

AP Photo

Candidates target Steyer, Becerra in free-wheeling California governor debate

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Data center uncertainty is making power grid planning difficult, experts say

Monica Samayoa

Recent studies show that data centers are creating uncertainty for the Pacific Northwest’s power grid, potentially creating massive gaps in energy leading to blackouts.
Brendan Wright

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Josephine County

Eight candidates compete for Josephine County commissioner seat

Justin Higginbottom

Josephine County residents are facing issues from homelessness to tight government budgets to a sometimes divisive political climate. Eight candidates are running for seat two on the board of commissioners, with the hope they can right the county’s course.

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The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act

Miles Parks, Hansi Lo Wang

The court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
Rod Lamkey Jr.

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AP

The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date

Greg Myre

The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end.

NPR Headlines

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La, stands behind the rostrum on the House floor before an address by King Charles III at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2026.

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Southern Oregon University is etched into a stone wall. Behind it are trees and flowers.

Jane Vaughan

JPR

Education

Consultant says SOU must act fast, has ‘no margin for error’

Jane Vaughan

Southern Oregon University will need to completely rethink its academic programs and make major overhauls to survive, a preliminary consultant report warns.

FILE - Hundreds of nonviolent protesters demonstrate as federal immigration officers deploy tear gas, flash-bangs and pepper balls outside the U.S. Immigrations and Customs building in Portland, Ore., Oct. 18, 2025. About 500 people gathered outside the facility to continue protesting following the “No Kings 2.0” rally.

Eli Imadali

OPB

Law and Justice

Federal appeals court grants unrestricted use of crowd control weapons at Portland ICE building

Conrad Wilson, Troy Brynelson

The archway in front of Southern Oregon University's Churchill Hall.

Jane Vaughan

JPR

Education

Southern Oregon University will soon get preview of outside operational review

Jane Vaughan

Ron Reed, Karuk elder, tends a pile of burning conifer boughs beneath black oak trees at the Siskiyou Field Institute in Selma, Ore., April 11, 2026. “We practice fixing the world with the use of fire,” he says of his family’s involvement in the Karuk world renewal ceremony in northwest California, “So this cultural exchange is perfect for the future of management.”

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OPB

Environment, Energy and Transportation

How Indigenous leaders are ‘carrying fire’ from Northwest history to the present

Ashley Braun

FILE -Crab pots near a Pacific Seafood processing plant in Newport, Ore., Nov. 22, 2025. Oregon regulators announced fines against the company Thursday for water discharge violations at three other sites.

Alejandro Figueroa

OPB

Environment, Energy and Transportation

Oregon DEQ fines Pacific Seafood $3.2 million for water pollution violations

Alejandro Figueroa

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The DMV has asked for $55 million to share its driver license data to a national organization. Advocates say the move could endanger unauthorized immigrants. Department of Motor Vehicles parking lot in central Fresno on Dec. 13, 2022.

Larry Valenzuela

CalMatters

Immigration

‘A betrayal:’ California to share data on immigrant drivers nationally

Khari Johnson, Wendy Fry

Advocates say 1 million unauthorized immigrants with California driver’s licenses are at risk under a state plan to share license information to a national database.