Jun 13 Watch 6:57 How Oregon is helping workers save for retirement By Amna Nawaz The goal of retiring comfortably off the fruits of one's labor has become an increasingly elusive goal for many Americans. Now states are taking the problem into their own hands. In Oregon, a new state retirement program lets businesses hook… Continue watching
May 31 Glut of marijuana in Oregon is cautionary tale, experts say By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — When Oregon lawmakers created the state's legal marijuana program, they had one goal in mind above all else: to convince illicit pot growers to leave the black market. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 8:30 With highest hepatitis C mortality rate in U.S., Oregon expands access to life-saving drugs By Cat Wise New drugs can cure up to 95 percent of patients with hepatitis C, a virus that can be debilitating or deadly. And there’s been a 20 percent rise in new infections from 2015 to 2016 due to the opioid epidemic. Continue watching
May 02 5 overlooked politics stories that are worth your time By Saher Khan The 24-hour news cycle is filled with political coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five politics stories you may have missed in the past week. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 6:49 To solve opioid epidemic, governors say there need to be federal dollars behind pledges By PBS News Hour The governors of Maryland and Oregon are making an urgent call for greater federal help to deal with the opioid epidemic in their hard-hit states. Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Gov. Kate Brown, D-Ore., sit down with William Brangham to… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 25:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 14, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 14, President Trump’s reported use of derogatory comments about immigrant nations continue to reverberate, and the Department of Homeland Security will resume accepting DACA renewal applications. Also, a group of gun owners and lawmakers… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 8:14 Gun-owning group in Oregon advocates for firearm safety By PBS News Hour Gun violence claims over 33,000 lives a year in the U.S., but the idea of bolstering gun laws remains deeply divisive. After a shooting in Las Vegas left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, 61 percent of Americans said they… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Late-season wildfire scorches tinder-dry Oregon By PBS News Hour More than 80 large wildfires are burning across 10 states and at least nine firefighters have died and hundreds have been evacuated. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Oregon about efforts to contain the Eagle Creek fire, the nation’s highest… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch What it’s like to be a Trump supporter in an ultra-liberal city By PBS News Hour What is it like to be a conservative woman trying to find your voice in a city known for its progressive politics? The NewsHour's Elizabeth Flock wrote an in-depth profile of Trump supporters living in Portland, Oregon, the second half… Continue watching
Jun 15 Oregon becomes first state to add gender-neutral option on driver’s licenses By Corinne Segal Residents will be able to use "X," rather than "M" or "F", on their driver's licenses starting July 3. Continue reading