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Gas prices over $6 a gallon are displayed at a Mobil station in Los Angeles on May 4.

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran

Suspending the federal gas tax would require an act of Congress.

Andrew Morse is stepping down as publisher and president of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution next month. Morse had aimed to achieve 500,000 paying digital subscribers by the end of 2026. He now says the goal is attainable, but will take more time.

'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' chief steps down as bold goals yield to tough realities

The owners of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution invested $150 million to reinvent the paper. The changes have been significant. Three years in, the payoff has been modest.

FILE - The Oregon Promise Grant's impact on high school graduate enrollment rates has been muted. Pennants from colleges and universities across the country adorn the office of a Benson High School counselor's office on February 2, 2024.

Oregon’s tuition-free community college aid program could be on its last legs

State leaders hoped that the Oregon Promise Grant would entice more high school graduates to enroll in community college. So far, its impact has been limited.

A demonstrator dressed as a “big oil” supporter rallies outside the California Energy Commission headquarters in Sacramento on Nov. 29, 2022. Protesters have also targeted CalPERS through divestment campaigns, including opposition to fossil fuels and ties to the Trump administration.

With more money than ever, California’s biggest pension funds are a political battleground

Should California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Or companies with anti-union records? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.

A polyphemus moth lands in the Sampson Creek Preserve.

Scientists and volunteers team up to study moths in the Siskiyou Crest

Oregon State researcher Dana Ross leads a team of professional and community researchers in nighttime discoveries of more than 1,000 species of moths through the Siskiyou Crest Moth Project.

Linda Croft, President of P.E.O. Chapter (FO) in Ashland, joins Jefferson Exchange host Mike Green in the JPR studio on Jan. 29, 2026.

This nonprofit helps Oregon women pay for college and grad school

Linda Croft is president of the local P.E.O. Chapter ("F.O.") in Ashland. Her organization supports the academic pursuits of Abby Kohler, an Ashland scholarship recipient pursuing a master’s degree in nursing while working at a regional medical center.

J. Schuberth, who is running for Oregon governor as Pencil, speaks with voters and curious passersby as they walk around downtown Portland, Ore., to campaign on April 23. Schuberth is an advocate for reforming the state's K-12 school system.

Oregon's most unexpected gubernatorial candidate? A pencil with a point

Oregon's public schools rank last in fourth-grade reading, according to an analysis of national testing. As a wake-up call for elected leaders, Pencil is running for governor as a write-in candidate.

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Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid.

As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals

An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make assistance difficult to get.

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says

Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation said Sunday.

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