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A man wearing a Hawaiian shirt stands in front of a crowd shouting and holding a sign that says, "My union speaks for me."
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JPR News
Business and Labor
Horizon flight attendants protest as Medford base closes and negotiations continue
Roman Battaglia
The closure of Horizon Air's Medford crew base is forcing Southern Oregon flight attendants to commute farther for work as contract talks remain stalled.
Kelly Leung, 11, is reassured by Multnomah County health officers as Leung receives vaccinations at a catch-up vaccination clinic in 2023. Oregon is resuming eligibility checks for people on Medicaid which includes about half of Oregon's children. Starting this year, they can stay enrolled until their 6th birthday.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Health and Medicine
Data shows record low compliance from Oregon families with kindergarten vaccine requirements
Shaanth Nanguneri
A man sits on a table and packs a parachute. There is a picture of a wildfire on the wall behind him.
Justin Higginbottom
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JPR
Wildfire
A new class of cadets learns to climb trees and sew to become smokejumpers
Justin Higginbottom
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. sits on the Columbia River, in Longview, Wash., on May 27, 2026. Contamination entered the river following the plant’s chemical disaster, but state officials quickly worked to control further contamination.
Eli Imadali
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OPB
Disasters and Accidents
‘Something dramatically wrong’: Questions but few answers after Longview mill tragedy
Troy Brynelson, Conrad Wilson, Lauren Dake
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A smoked pork sandwich with barbecue sauce and pickle slices served on a bun at Slow Burn BBQ in Ashland.
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  2. School consolidation, smokejumpers and redistricting
  3. Why a Southern Oregon vineyard had to add a disclaimer to its orange wine
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  2. 'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'
  3. How aid cuts are hampering the front-line response to the Ebola crisis
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Pexels
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Oregon utility regulators deny PacifiCorp's temporary rate hike request
Zac Ziegler
The Public Utility Commission said improving a credit score did not meet the high bar for temporary rate hikes.
The U.S. Postal Service on May 29, 2026 proposed a rule to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail.
Jane Norman
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States Newsroom
Politics & Government
Trump ordered limits on voting by mail. The Postal Service is moving to make states comply
Jonathan Shorman
Oregon license plates are pictured. Transportation officials in the state are reviewing a decision to refuse undercover license plates to federal agencies that has provoked a legal challenge from the Trump administration.
Photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr
Law and Justice
Trump administration sues Oregon, three other states over undercover license plate denials
Shaanth Nanguneri
FILE — Manufacturing jobs have declined in the past year while hiring has grown in healthcare and social services. Nich Chen, works at ESS, Inc., in Wilsonville, in this Feb. 1, 2023 file photo. ESS manufactures iron flow batteries used for long-duration storage.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Labor & Employment
What Oregon’s steady unemployment rate tells us about the economy
Zac Ziegler
Four children are seated at a wooden table in a classroom with worksheets in front of them.
Madeline Richards
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MUSD
Education
Klamath Falls City Schools adopts new teaching model in effort to boost student test scores
Jane Vaughan
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A drive-through ballot drop box in the Elections Office parking lot at 7000 65th Street, Sacramento, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
Kai Arellano
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CapRadio
Politics & Government
Why timing, postmarks and signatures matter for California's vote-by-mail majority
Greg Micek
Voting by mail has, over the decades, proven to be easy, convenient and secure. But some of the features that make it secure can trip up voters who fail to pay attention to the details.
A row of empty chairs in the football stadium of Del Norte Warriors.
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Education
Parents say California is spending more on school upgrades in wealthy districts
Justin Higginbottom
In this April 18, 2020, file photo, San Francisco-Marin Food Bank volunteers pack food into bags to be delivered to people in San Francisco. Food banks and anti-hunger advocates are bracing for the end of a pandemic-era boost in food assistance that the federal government has been providing for nearly three years.
Jeff Chiu
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AP Photo
Food and Agriculture
Food banks prepare for SNAP, CalFresh changes coming Monday
Jane Vaughan
Water is sprayed on a tank that overheated at an aerospace plant in Garden Grove, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2026.
Ethan Swope
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AP
Disasters and Accidents
West Coast chemical emergencies raise questions about the safety of massive industrial tanks
Martha Bellisle, Josh Funk
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra at a gubernatorial forum in Sacramento on April 14, 2026.
Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
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CalMatters
Politics & Government
Follow the money: Who’s backing California’s next governor — and why
Jeanne Kuang, Jeremia Kimelman
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