Nation Oct 21 U.S. appeals court says Trump can take command of Oregon National Guard troops, though deployment blocked for now Oregon's attorney general said he would ask a broader appeals court panel to reconsider the ruling.
Politics Oct 05 Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard in Portland A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, ruling Saturday in a lawsuit brought by the state and city.
Politics Sep 27 Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland in latest deployment to U.S. cities President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.
Nation Aug 29 Oregon could join Hawaii in mandating pay-per-mile fees for EV owners as gas tax projections fall Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal that would make the state the second in the nation to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program.
Politics May 25 The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump targets it in his war on ‘woke’ One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and Alabama teach older people how to navigate in an increasingly digital world. Trump has announced his…
Politics May 11 Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for over six weeks.
Politics Oct 29 Fires set in Washington ballot drop boxes ‘direct attack on democracy’ Another fire at a transit center drop box in Vancouver destroyed hundreds of ballots.
Nation Sep 08 Mother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of ‘extreme emergency,’ aunt says The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an “extreme emergency” involving her son, a relative…
Politics Sep 01 Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization takes effect, making possession a crime again The new law taking effect Sunday, which passed with the support of Republican lawmakers who had long opposed decriminalization, makes possessing small amounts of hard drugs a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.
Nation Aug 08 A deadly fire charred Lahaina’s historic banyan tree. A year later, it’s been nursed back to life When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived the blaze, and thanks to the efforts of arborists and dedicated…