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Oregon lawmakers have passed one of the most hotly contested gun bills this year. Meanwhile, a bill that aimed to bolster the state’s firearm regulatory network appears to have died.
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A Jackson County public transportation district is laying off employees and reducing bus service after the administration tied its federal funding to immigration enforcement.
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The lawmakers cite a Markup and CalMatters investigation that first revealed Covered California’s data practices in April.
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Nellie McAdams is Executive Director of the Oregon Agricultural Trust (OAT) and Steve Denney is a retired landowner. Both join the Exchange.
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JPR's Charlie Zimmermann visits with author Brook Thompson.
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PG&E has twice hired executive protection staff in the last three months, raising questions about the threats it faces.
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“The budget that’s being proposed and likely to be adopted will effectively be a reduction in resources available to [institutions],” said Kevin Neely, interim executive director of the Oregon Council of Presidents.
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It’s been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Grants Pass’s ban against homeless people camping in public. The ruling reverberated across the U.S., freeing cities to crack down on homeless encampments. But in Grants Pass, the city still can’t clear all its homeless camps.
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A Democratic senator’s removal from a key committee Friday inspired backlash from some in the party.
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California voted to bar immigrants from schools and social services in 1994. Now most Californians see immigrants as a benefit to the state.
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Southern Oregon University’s Board of Trustees adopted a new budget on Friday. It includes a sobering $5 million budget deficit the university has to address within a year.
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In Fernbridge, a tiny town on California’s northern coast, a new wool mill is spinning to life. It’s part of a goal to revive an industry that died out decades ago.
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The vote comes amid legal arguments over Trump’s authority to federalize the California National Guard.
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A major ski resort insurer has pulled out of Oregon. That leaves only one insurance company of this kind left in the state.