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Oregon’s hospital merger law may further protect abortion access in the state
Oregon's strict law regulating health care mergers may keep religiously affiliated health systems that do not provide abortion care from expanding

Science & Environment
Oregon leaders say US Supreme Court EPA ruling will not stop local progress against climate change
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said the Supreme Court decision undermines 50 years of progress under the federal Clean Air Act.

Think Out Loud
An Oregon abortion provider talks about the end of Roe v. Wade
The US Supreme Court today ended nearly 50 years of the constitutional right to an abortion. But along the West Coast, abortion rights are still protected. Martha Reilly is a doctor with Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon who joined OPB to explain what the effect the Supreme Court decision will have on Oregonians.

Politics
Mitt Romney OKs voting on Supreme Court nominee; GOP has votes needed to move ahead
Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he supports voting to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court.

Politics
Supreme Court fight could elevate Kamala Harris' profile
Kamala Harris is poised to become a leading figure in the Democratic opposition to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Politics
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s body to lie in repose at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court says the body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week, with arrangements to allow for public viewing despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Health
The future of the Affordable Care Act in question in a Supreme Court without Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as the Supreme Court was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.
politics
Trump’s Supreme Court front-runner hailed by right, feared by left
A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable conservative on hot-button legal issues from abortion to gun control.

President Trump to announce Supreme Court pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Saturday
President Donald Trump said he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and just days before the first presidential debate.
Local
Oregon Supreme Court to determine scope of nonunanimous jury fallout
The Oregon Supreme Court is hearing a series of cases Tuesday that deal with nonunanimous juries. The state is trying to determine the scope of the cases affected following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared nonunanimous juries unconstitutional.