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Oregon lawmakers ponder grants for local news

Local news is critical for democracy and needs state support to continue, supporters of a legislative proposal told the Oregon House Rules Committee on Thursday.

A COVID-19 testing center runs at the Serna Center in Sacramento, Calif, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. The center is open for SCUSD district students, staff and household members.

California’s COVID-19 state of emergency to end Feb. 28

The emergency order was issued on March 5, 2020 and allowed for an influx of almost 600 provisions that enabled more medical providers to give COVID-19 related care and freed up funding for spending on protective equipment and treatment space.

What Other State Legislatures Did In 2021

Pandemic Money and State Legislatures

How Weather Influences Fires, And Vice-Versa

Fire and weather

Poet Maggie Smith Publishes New Collection, 'Goldenrod'

Poetry

New COVID Cases Spike, And Dr. Shames Returns

Monthly Q & A not enough

In this file photo from April 23, 2020, former President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The IRS announced Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, that most relief checks issued by states last year aren't subject to federal taxes, providing 11th hour guidance as tax returns start to pour in.

The IRS now says most state relief checks last year are not subject to federal taxes

A week after telling payment recipients to delay filing returns, the agency won't challenge the taxability of payments related to general welfare and disaster.

Residents of Gila River Indian Community listen during a "Road to Healing" event at the Gila Crossing Community School in Laveen, Ariz. The year-long tour goes across the country to provide Indigenous survivors of the federal Indian boarding school system and their descendants an opportunity to share their experiences.

On the road to healing, tribal citizens are speaking out about boarding schools

Listening sessions on the Gila and Navajo Nations discuss a path forward for Native survivors of decades of abuse and mistreatment at federal Indian boarding schools.

A woman sits on the rubble as emergency rescue teams search for people under the remains of destroyed buildings in Nurdagi town on the outskirts of Osmaniye city southern Turkey, on Feb. 7. Now, nearly a week later, many people in Osmaniye are still living in tents and other makeshift shelters.

As aid trickles in, earthquake survivors in southern Turkey adjust to downsized life

In the southern Turkish city of Osmaniye, people squeeze into tents or sleep in cars near their damaged homes nearly a week after the massive earthquake struck.

As aid trickles in, earthquake survivors in southern Turkey adjust to downsized life

In the southern Turkish city of Osmaniye, people squeeze into tents or sleep in cars near their damaged homes nearly a week after the massive earthquake struck.

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