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Cal Poly HumboldtCampus tours, help with college applications and academic counseling. These are just a few forms of college outreach and assistance lost to California students when the U.S. Department of Education canceled over $40 million in funding across the country for more than 100 TRIO programs. The cuts hit rural students the hardest. -
Scarlett Arbuckle/Oregon State UniversityScientists have begun to re-deploy ocean monitoring equipment removed from Pacific Northwest waters by the Trump administration in September.
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While the Trump Administration moves to end federal support for bicycle transportation programs, North State Democrat Mike Thompson is sponsoring a House bill to fund bike safety infrastructure and boost U.S. bicycle manufacturing. -
‘Oregon asks for the Utah clock,’ Gov. Tina Kotek wrote in a letter for immediate and robust aid to Oregon farmers and ranchers hit by wildfires. -
The Trump administration wants to link emergency preparedness grants for states to its preferences on immigration enforcement and the administration of elections. -
In a legal win for California, a federal judge rejected President Trump’s efforts to funnel money away from permanent homeless housing. -
The federal tax credit provides up to $15 billion in subsidies a year to help developers build apartments. It’s created housing that’s often no more affordable than the market rate. -
Most Oregon counties are set to receive nearly $100 million from the federal Secure Rural Schools Act after Congress let funding for the 25-year-old program lapse for almost two years. -
President Donald Trump’s budget office this week ordered most government agencies to compile data on the federal money that is sent to 14 mostly Democratic-controlled states and the District of Columbia in what it describes as a tool to “reduce the improper and fraudulent use of those funds.” -
Courts have blocked previous Trump administration attempts to cut funding to sanctuary jurisdictions. Both Oregon and California have statewide sanctuary laws. -
Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump's administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs, citing concerns about fraud in the programs designed to help low-income families. -
State officials said they were pleased with the award, which comes as Oregon braces for billions in Medicaid cuts over the coming decade. -
Qualified Oregonians can now apply for help paying energy bills this winter, but it could take at least another month before they receive the federal funds. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Santa Clara County and San Francisco are suing the Trump administration over a huge shift in homelessness policy.
