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In a deal reached late last year, House Speaker Tina Kotek, right, and House Majority Leader Barbara Smith Warner agreed to support Rep. Janelle Bynum's candidacy for speaker. They say they did not agree to endorse Bynum.

Backroom deal causes tension as Oregon House Democrats jockey to replace Speaker Tina Kotek

State Rep. Janelle Bynum says Kotek agreed to back her as she pursues the speakership. Kotek says that's not the case.

Some doctors, medical associations and members of Congress are complaining that the rule released by the Biden administration this fall for implementing the law to stop surprise medical bills actually favors insurers and doesn't follow the spirit of the legislation.

Biden's plan to stop surprise medical bills faces bipartisan pushback in Congress

Congress passed a law last year to shield patients from surprise out-of-network medical charges. But many doctors in the House now say the way the law is to be implemented unfairly favors insurers.

Shipping containers sit stacked at a port in Bayonne, N.J., on Oct. 15. Supply chain problems are disrupting the global economy, causing delays and a shortage of containers.

The pandemic economy's latest victim? The lowly shipping container

Delayed containers are a symptom of and contributor to global supply chain problems. But imagine a world without them.

Council Member Inga Selders stands in front of her childhood home, where she currently lives with her family in Prairie Village, Kan. Selders stumbled upon a racially restrictive housing covenant<strong> </strong>in her homeowners association property records.

Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the country

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., was censured by the House of Representatives and lost his committee assignments after posting a violent video on social media of a character with his image murdering a character with New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's image.

Rep. Gosar is censured over an anime video depicting him killing AOC

The mainly party line vote of 223-207 came after GOP Rep. Gosar posted a video on social media with an animated scene of him murdering Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

New mineral 'davemaoite' made an unlikely journey from the depths of the Earth

A rare mineral from Earth's lower mantle has been discovered inside a diamond from Botswana. The find breaks open a window into deep-Earth chemistry.

As It Was: 1905: Medford Inaugurates Railroad Opening Access to Timberland

April 4, 1905, was a day of celebration in Medford, Ore., for the inauguration of the Medford and Crater Lake Railroad that opened access to the rich…

A dry water transport canal in Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge.

Infrastructure law creates ‘once-in-a-generation’ spending on Western water projects

President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that was signed into law this week will fund lots of projects in Oregon. Those include historic investments in Western water infrastructure.

Deep breathing helps kids ease 'Gaza trauma'

It's difficult to treat Gazans, said psychologist Ismael Ahel. "We can't just deal with the first trauma or the second trauma. It's a complexity of trauma." And children are deeply affected.

Ashland Novelist Features International Affairs In Latest Thriller

"Vermeulen. Valentin Vermeulen" may not roll off the tongue like the name of other international men of mystery. But the fictional Vermeulen didn't really…

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