Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., called the rescission "a step in the right direction."
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The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public media. The legislation now goes back to the House for another final vote.
Federal immigration officers arrested a 38-year old Iranian man outside his child’s preschool in Beaverton on Tuesday, according to school and law enforcement officials. The man is married to a U.S. citizen and completed his green card application.
Several fires have already ripped across the state this year. Early on in the season, forecasters warned this summer was shaping up to be an intense fire season.
Washington state has banned the sale or transport of English ivy and its cousin, Atlantic ivy. The leafy holiday decorations are also aggressive invaders of Northwest forests.
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Next month’s primary and special elections will cover a variety of local positions and measures, and they include some contentious contests that could hinge on voter turnout.
The small, incremental increases in the unemployment rate so far this year are adding up, according to Oregon’s employment economist.
“Portlanders, they love our parks, our trails, our safe and clean community spaces. Without this funding, Portland risks the decline of some of our greatest assets," said Councilor Loretta Smith, who represents East Portland’s District 1.
A highway cleanup company that primarily hires formerly incarcerated individuals, veterans and people facing homelessness, laid off 40 of its Oregon employees on Friday.
Oregon is getting hotter with the number of 90 degree days on the rise in recent years. A climate science professor at Portland State University says Oregonians can expect to see that trend continue.
A federal grant that helps student parents pay for child care is on the chopping block. The grant’s elimination would make it even harder for the one in five Oregon undergraduate students who are parents to obtain a degree.
More than 100 Indigenous youth kayakers made history as the first people to descend over 310 miles down the free-flowing Klamath River.
Ashland is finalizing a plan that will hopefully make the city a climate refuge in the era of massive wildfires. It’s the first update in more than 20 years.
Oregon’s PacWave testing facility is now complete, but delays and cuts to federal funding for renewable energy development could impact its future.
Mysterious whirlwinds of dirt could help researchers understand the climate on Mars and plan future missions.
Volunteers offering cold drinks and calorie-packed snacks deliver unexpected relief along the 2,700-mile hike.
Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say the Trump administration's focus on new equipment doesn't address problems like grueling schedules and stagnating pay that are hurting morale.
An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case. Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022.
The world's highest concentration of data centers is in Virginia. Many residents are not happy about that.
A bipartisan Congress has come to the rescue of vets at risk of losing their homes, after administrations from both parties tore up VA safety nets for homeowners.
CDC staffers worry $140 million in grants could fail to reach state and local overdose programs. The White House officials say the dollars will arrive but won't say when.
What was once a free-for-all animal extravaganza in the streets of the Central Oregon city now has some rules — and a kangaroo.
