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Many school districts are struggling with teacher shortages, especially in rural areas. A recent study in California explored why.
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About 450 companies are on the data broker registry in California, and a law passed last year will make it easier to delete the data they collect about people.
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The Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living keeps its focus on treating the root causes of addiction
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Phoenix-based artist Beca Blake is part of a team known as Southern Oregon Celebrating Women. Together, they've produced a local exhibit to celebrate female artists.
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Democrats in California’s Assembly and Senate rarely vote against bills, yet few seem willing to discuss their voting records, as well as the controversial practice of declining to vote instead of saying “no.”
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Walk into any brewery or grocery store today and you will see the letters IPA everywhere — that intense, tropical beer has become Oregon’s style. That wasn’t always the case. It turns out that a variety of hop bred in Oregon — almost by accident — sparked an entirely new way of making beer and a whole new tradition of American ales.
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The California Public Utilities Commission will consider on May 9 a new proposal that would change how Californians pay for electricity.
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More than 60 Oregon cities have diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But as the City of Bend recently saw, a national political movement to end these programs can energize hatred toward local leaders.
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A new bill would make it illegal for homeless residents to camp in certain places, such as near schools, throughout California. Its authors say such a ban has had great success in San Diego. But a closer look at that city paints a more nuanced picture.
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Lawmakers in at least 12 states, including Illinois, are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death.
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The repercussions could have national implications for how cities can regulate homelessness.
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Old-growth trees provide vital wildlife habitat, help forest ecosystems and store massive amounts of carbon. But some activists in Southern Oregon claim the Bureau of Land Management is allowing the logging of old-growth trees despite recent calls by the Biden administration for protection.
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In California, assaulting paramedics or other emergency medical workers in the field carries stiffer fines and jail time than assaulting emergency room staffers. State lawmakers are considering a measure that would standardize the penalties.
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The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors recently proclaimed a local emergency related to concerns about heavy metals being present in the Klamath River. California's regional water board says those worries are overblown.