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The three women vying to become Oregon's next chief executive agree the bridge needs to be built. Where they diverge is on priorities for its shape and size.
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Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters; iStockIndependent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated. -
Courtney Flatt/Northwest News NetworkThe place where salmon spend most of their lives also is the place scientists know the least about: the ocean.
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Roger Viollet via Getty ImagesTheir prediction stemmed from the eradication of smallpox. Here's what they said more than three decades ago — and how it foreshadowed events of 2022.
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Reid Frazier/The Allegheny FrontThe federal government plans to build several hydrogen hubs around the country. The goal is to find a cleaner replacement for fossil fuels. But there are challenges in how hydrogen is produced.
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A new mural is underway that will show Oregon’s original Indigenous residents, the Kalapuya people, harvesting and using native plants.
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A group of adults in custody who contracted COVID-19 first sued the state in April 2020, This spring a federal magistrate deemed the lawsuit a class action. Oregon appealed the class certification to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On Thursday, a three-judge panel rejected Oregon's arguments, allowing the case to move forward.
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Lift Every Voice Oregon is a small, interfaith nonprofit that wants people to have a permit and complete firearm training before being allowed to purchase a gun.
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Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas has left the nation grief stricken. And communities everywhere are assessing their readiness for multiple injury and mass transfusion events.
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The Bureau of Land Management says summer-time fire prevention restrictions will take effect this Friday on its land in Oregon and Washington.
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New rules proposed by California’s Department of Insurance would require insurers to take homeowners’ efforts to reduce wildfire risk into account when setting premiums. But they would still allow non-renewals.
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Bills to ban ghost guns, bar gun makers from marketing firearms to minors and to make it easier for the state and others to sue gun makers are under consideration.
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Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.
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Who loses and who gains as California cleans up its cars? Nearly 32,000 mechanics would lose jobs by 2040 under the proposed phaseout of new gas-powered cars. Electric companies would be the big winners.
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A new red flag warning for increased wildfire risk will be in effect throughout the Sacramento Valley, Delta and Sierra Foothills starting Monday at 11 a.m. and running through 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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Sacramento police had to cut Saturday's event short because of the "overwhelming response." Meanwhile, a buyback event in Brooklyn gave iPads to people who dropped off certain types of firearms.
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