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Thousands of Oregon, Washington children at risk if Head Start ends, lawsuit alleges

‘A couple of billionaires with no idea about what they are doing came along and decided to take…

Water

Klamath Irrigation District becomes more water-wise with new app

KLAMATH FALLS — Klamath Irrigation District is transitioning to a new technology that will help it be more…

Business

DEQ staff warned of hackers prior to April cyberattack

Just one day before a cyberattack shut down Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality for several days, the agency’s…

Oregon

BLM to move out of leased office in Baker City on June 20

The Bureau of Land Management will be moving out of its leased office in Baker City on June…

Business

Oregon conducting online survey on how tariffs could impact businesses

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is helping conduct a survey on how recent tariff changes will impact business…

Environment

Proposal to raise lodging tax by 1% could bring in $30 million annually for wildlife protection

House Bill 2977 would increase the state’s transient lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.5% and direct additional funding…

Business

Oregon bill would implement protections for Uber, Lyft drivers

Senate Bill 1166 would implement fair pay, deactivation protections for transportation network drivers

News

Oregon DEQ won’t say if ransomware group took employee data in cyberattack

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Friday declined to confirm or deny reports that a well-known ransomware…

Timber

Timber severance tax proposal in Oregon Legislature ignites wildfire funding debate

Timber harvests would be taxed based on value, rather than log volume, under a controversial Oregon bill that…

Oregon

Hackers stole the driver license info of millions of Oregonians, but judge tosses lawsuit against DMV

An Oregon judge last week threw out a lawsuit that sought to recover damages for as many as 3.5 million…

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