Alex Baumhardt
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon and the city of Portland are suing President Donald Trump to block the federal government from deploying hundreds of Oregon National Guard members in an unprecedented crackdown in Oregon’s largest city.
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Sky Lakes Medical CenterReaching a doctor can be difficult in rural Klamath County. A new mobile clinic is bringing care closer to home. -
Claire Rush/APOregon and Portland officials, including Gov. Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson, spoke against Trump’s plan for sending troops to “protect war-ravaged Portland.”
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The Trump administration is revoking a 16-year-old policy that targeted tailpipe emissions and the fossil fuel industry. Gov. Tina Kotek says Oregon will continue addressing climate change. -
California’s suit contends that Trump’s signature tax law is unconstitutionally vague and requires states to violate Planned Parenthood’s First Amendment rights. -
President Donald Trump wants cities to force treatment on people with severe mental illness or addiction who are living outside. An executive order signed late last week aims to remove “vagrant” individuals from streets across the country and place them in long-term institutional settings to “restore public order.” -
Lawmakers will reconvene in August to try to avoid mass layoffs at transportation agencies. As wildfires sweep the state, the stakes are particularly high. -
Providence Medford Medical Center confirmed this week that it temporarily closed its endoscopy department because some equipment was not being properly sanitized. -
In the past year, the rural district, east of Chiloquin, has faced the termination of its chief, financial uncertainty and a state ethics investigation. -
During his first visit to his district since voting for federal budget cuts, the state’s lone Republican congressperson spoke of his “incredible power” to influence national policy. -
Planned Parenthood clinics in southwestern Oregon are bracing themselves for closure. -
A proposal to require utilities cover federal income taxes on settlements paid to powerline-ignited wildfire survivors died and a federal law providing relief is set to expire. -
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is among the Democratic lawmakers pushing legislation to prohibit law enforcement officers from hiding their identities. -
Oregon will receive federal emergency funding to support recovery efforts in three southwest counties that experienced intense storms and floods between March 13- 20. -
Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, who was detained by federal immigration officials July 15, is being held at a detention center in Tacoma, Washington.
