State
Oregon lawmakers scale back proposal for unemployment strike payments amid blowback
A watered-down bill extending unemployment benefits to striking public and private employees will need to once again clear ...
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Oregon
Bentz defends Republican tax and spending bill, despite costs and cuts impacting his district
Bentz voted to pass the bill despite past vows not to add to the national deficit, and representing ...
Oregon
Trump has no right to deploy Oregon National Guard against statewide protesters, Gov. Kotek insists
Nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests are planned on Saturday, including in Medford, Grants Pass and cities on the Southern ...
Local News
‘Get it done’: Advocates push Oregon lawmakers to fund services for victims of abuse
Legislation would maintain, supplement lost funding for domestic violence, sexual assault survivor programs Nonprofits that help survivors of ...
Social Issues
OHRA cuts ribbon on new community kitchen for those in need in Ashland
A kitchen serving daily meals to those in need was unveiled to a small group of supporters Thursday ...
Government
Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz insists Republicans ‘not cutting’ Medicaid, SNAP
Oregon’s lone Republican representative in Congress defended the party’s decision to attach new work and citizenship requirements to ...
Local News
Proposed federal SNAP cuts would leave Oregon families hungry, governor and senators warn
Oregonians will go hungry if congressional Republicans plow forward with plans to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
Social Issues
Federal funding cuts hit Oregon CASA programs supporting kids in foster care
Advocates for abused and neglected children in Oregon lost more federal funding in late April after the U.S. ...
Oregon
Oregon lawmakers consider gun control bills amid legal battle over Measure 114
As legal challenges to a voter-approved gun control law continue, Oregon lawmakers are considering a set of additional ...
Local News
Director: Ashland Community Food Bank not hit directly by federal food aid cuts
The Ashland Community Food Bank operates on local grants and donations, not federal funds, but that doesn’t make ...
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