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Customer Matt Schonbachler (left) of Scotts Mills, hands a handgun back to assistant manager Trent Bergerson at Tick Licker Firearms in Salem on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Sales have been brisk since voters passed Measure 114, tightening Oregon’s gun laws.
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Politics & Government
Oregon House passes gun bill bolstering Measure 114 over Republicans’ data privacy concerns
Shaanth Nanguneri
The legislation comes as the Oregon Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold the 2022 voter-approved gun control law.
The downtown corridor of Coos Bay, Ore. on Sept. 15, 2024.
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Coos Bay weighs billing for some fire department calls
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Students are taught how to sound out letters during a phonics lesson at Ferguson Elementary School in Klamath Falls on April 7, 2023. Schools that received summer school funding in 2025 had to focus programs on improving literacy skills among students.
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$35 million per year investment in summer school is paying off, Oregon education officials say
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California proposes new regulations for Easter lily farms to curb pollution
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Rendering of proposed interior bay of new fire station for the City of Yreka, California.
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  2. Oregon Fish and Wildlife rejects petition by whale protection advocates to modify crab fishery rules
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Sen. James Manning Jr., X-X, at the Oregon Legislature on Feb. 12, 2024.
Jordan Gale
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Politics & Government
Oregon Senate passes bill that would criminalize threats against public officials
Mia Maldonado
People who threaten public officials could face prison time under a bill the Oregon Senate passed 18-11 Tuesday.
The Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Monday, Feb 2, 2026.
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Politics & Government
House Republicans boycott Oregon Legislature over workplace complaint, gas tax vote
Lauren Dake, Bryce Dole
Oregon State Capitol building, May 18, 2021. The capitol was completed in 1938.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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Politics & Government
Shut out of campaign finance bill, good governance groups tell Oregon lawmakers to vote against it
Alex Baumhardt
A preschool classroom, with plush toys and boys and small furniture
Grants Pass School District 7
Education
Grants Pass expands free early learning program amid rising demand
Roman Battaglia
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Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission denies petition to alter Dungeness crabbing rules
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Department of Fish and Wildlife employee Nikolette Clavel holds a sign at a protest against Newsom’s return to the office mandate. March 12, 2025
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Union-backed bill would require telework options for California state workers
Laura Fitzgerald
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered most state employees to return to the office four days a week starting July 1, up from a required twice per week. The mandate received pushback from state workers.
Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang, a candidate for California’s 7th Congressional District, right, and U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui, center, attend a caucus meet during the California Democratic Party convention at Moscone West in San Francisco on Feb. 21, 2026.
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CalMatters
Politics & Government
California Democrats back establishment candidates despite progressive pushback
Maya C. Miller
Attendees gather in Eureka, CA at a NAMI support group meeting for those whose loved ones have mental illness.
Jane Vaughan
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JPR
Health and Medicine
Humboldt County relatively successful at CARE Court, compared to rest of state
Jane Vaughan
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at San Quentin State Prison announcing that the facility will be transformed to focus on training and rehabilitation on March 17, 2023.
Martin do Nascimento
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CalMatters
Law and Justice
Where death chamber once stood, Newsom shows off prison remodel emphasizing rehabilitation
Cayla Mihalovich
The cellar room of Tablas Creek Vineyard in Paso Robles on July 30, 2025.
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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs. Here’s how they’ve affected California
Levi Sumagaysay
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