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A covered driveway entrance to a large, beige building, with stairs leading up from a parking lot. A standing sign in the parking lot says, "South Lobby" and a sign on the covered entrance reads, "Hospital Entrance B"

Roman Battaglia

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Labor & Employment

Lawsuit accuses Asante of underpaying thousands of workers in Oregon

Justin Higginbottom

The complaint seeks $2.5 million in unpaid wages and damages from the hospital group.

The lights of the state Capitol glow into the night in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.

Rich Pedroncelli

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Education

Shasta, Siskiyou among 11 California county education offices mistakenly underpaid or overpaid millions

Lasherica Thornton

PeaceHealth Oregon has announced it will not renew a long-standing contract with local Eugene Emergency Physicians to staff emergency departments in Springfield, Cottage Grove and Florence. The hospital system has opted for an Atlanta-based company instead.

Tiffany Eckert

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Law and Justice

Lane County physicians sue to block PeaceHealth deal with staffing company

Amelia Templeton

A Fresno resident uses an umbrella to shield herself from the sun on Aug. 30, 2022, as a heat wave descended over California.

Larry Valenzuela

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Health and Medicine

California is spending hundreds of millions responding to heat. Will it ever be a public health priority?

Ana B. Ibarra, Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

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Justin Higginbottom

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California spends millions on homelessness, but few reach permanent housing

Jane Vaughan

A $700 million state program targets homelessness, but housing shortages, staffing challenges and funding gaps are making it harder to move people into permanent housing.
Larry Valenzuela

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CalMatters

California teens walked out of school to protest ICE. Police are investigating the adults who helped them

Nigel Duara

High school students all over California walked out of class in protest over the Trump administrative aggressive immigration enforcement. Police in two cities, conservative Clovis and liberal Los Angeles, issued warnings about potential arrests to adults who helped them.

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Singer Cecilia Duarte performs at a microphone, standing at a music stand in a recital hall.

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Trump says the U.S. is in talks with Iran to end the war, which Iran denies

NPR Staff

Trump said the U.S. will postpone any strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, even as Israel continued hitting Tehran and Iran warned it could retaliate across the Gulf.
Yuki Iwamura

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AP

ICE officers set to deploy to airports as delays mount, border czar Homan confirms

Luke Garrett

Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration "move those lines" while also enforcing immigration law.

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A person pumps gas at an Arco station on Belmont Street in Portland, Ore. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Opponents of a recently passed gas tax increase have succeeded in referring it to voters.

Saskia Hatvany

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Law and Justice

Federal judge denies anti-gas tax group’s attempt to extend voters’ pamphlet deadline

Mia Maldonado

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read doesn’t need to allow more arguments against a gas tax question on the Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet, a federal judge ruled on Friday.