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Oregon’s House Republican leader sent state election officials scrambling this week after he used a minor delay in delivering mailed ballots to clerks in two counties to raise doubts about the integrity of the state’s voting system.
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At a Friday morning meeting of the Mount Shasta Union School District School Board, the district's superintendent and two board members resigned.
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Friends of the Cascades Siskiyous Monument in partnership with Project Beaver are seeking citizen scientists to look for signs of beavers and to find out where the beavers are now and what they are doing.
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SOU adds music to Shakepeare in a new production of "Pericles"
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Two new bills would allow state funding to support sober housing for homeless residents, a significant departure from California’s current ‘housing first’ law.
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The Democratic primary is a choice between the 2022 nominee and a state representative with a long list of endorsements.
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has proposed loosening the illegal status of marijuana at the federal level – but that doesn’t mean the federal government now condones recreational or medicinal use in the many states that have legalized the drug.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is recommending small cuts to the state prison system, avoiding the closures of additional facilities.
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In 2019, a national advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services, alleging the state mistreats children in its foster care system and has failed to fix glaring problems. Five years and millions of dollars later, the next trial has been delayed as the two sides near a settlement agreement.
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In Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget, he proposed significant cuts to the Middle Class Scholarship, which provides financial aid to more than 300,000 students. He also signaled that he won’t expand the Cal Grant program, a plan that was based on adequate funding in the state budget.
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Gavin Newsom proposes a mix of spending cuts and using reserves to balance the state budget. He says that core services will be largely untouched, but some existing programs would be affected.
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Nominations to the board that sets state timber policy are often fought over by logging and environmental interests.
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Denise Barrett talks about the goals and tactics of Forest Bridges
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Daniel Lewis bores into the tree rings, in his book Twelve Trees