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Since 2016, California enacted more AI regulations than any other state. The president’s new order against such laws worries state officials.
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An investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission into the former CEO of a social services nonprofit serving Josephine and Douglas Counties was dismissed on Friday.
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The Josephine County Board of Commissioners appears to be in disarray after one commissioner resigned and another refuses to appoint someone to fill their seat.
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California’s attorney general is seeking an injunction against a Humboldt County hospital after staff refused to perform abortions. The state claims the Catholic-run facility is violating California law.
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The state has seen 1,475 confirmed cases so far this year, according to state health officials.
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It’s almost mid-December and Oregon’s Timberline, Mt. Bachelor and Mt. Ashland ski areas still don’t have enough snow to open up their lifts.
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The newly implemented Universal Transitional Kindergarten program is taking kids away from private childcare.
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Northwesterners will receive an update Monday on costs to replace the Interstate Bridge between Oregon and Washington. That new price tag could add billions.
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The data for September was delayed due to the longest federal government shutdown in history. Oregon’s unemployment rate has been steadily ticking up over the last year.
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The federal government announced major changes to funding for homeless services in November, but the department reversed those changes Monday.
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The new ruling against the Trump administration’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles comes as courts are considering other challenges to his deployment of troops to liberal cities, such as Portland and Chicago.
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The U.S. House voted 395-4 to renew funding that helps rural counties pay for schools, roads and public safety.
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A new report on discipline in California prisons highlights slow handling of several sex assault cases filed against officers. In lawsuits, women have accused 83 officers of sexual misconduct.
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The federal government denied a petition to list Chinook salmon along the Oregon and Northern California coasts as endangered.