By HOLLY DILLEMUTH/Ashland.news ASHLAND — Oregon Shakespeare Festival board chair Diane Yu, who lives in New York and has a second residence in Ashland, has much to say about the […]
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Federal agencies announce $2.6 billion program to help coastal communities to deal with climate change, conservation
By NOLAN STOUT/Courthouse News Service The U.S. Department of Commerce will allocate $2.6 billion to support coastal areas dealing with the effects of climate change and to support conservation and […]
Fines not deterring absent Republican senators as walkout persists in 2023 Oregon Legislature
Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, presides over the Senate on May 31 as the GOP-led walkout entered its 19th day. Fines did not encourage senators to end the walkout […]
Federal trial on lawsuit seeking to overturn Oregon gun control Measure 114 begins Monday
A federal judge will start hearing arguments on Monday in a case that seeks to overturn Measure 114, which puts more gun ownership requirements in place for Oregon. Tick Licker […]
PacifiCorps rests its case in trial over September 2020 wildfires, defending precautions around Otis
By TED SICKINGER/The Oregonian, OregonLive PacifiCorp doesn’t dispute that its equipment ignited some of the fires that burned in Oregon on Labor Day 2020, but it has denied responsibility for […]
Debt vote splits Oregon’s congressional delegation — and not just on party lines
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s delegation to Congress has split its vote on the House-passed bill to lift the debt ceiling beyond $32 trillion. The House voted 314-117 […]
Unofficial GOP-run oversight committee told by audience to end Republican senate walkout
Members of an unofficial Republican-led committee on government oversight spent Thursday listening to Oregonians tell them to end a walkout. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A handful of […]
Oregon senators joining walkout will face $325 daily fines for unexcused absences starting Monday
The desks of Republican senators in the Oregon Legislature are vacant on Wednesday as the GOP-led walkout prevents the Senate from conducting business for the 19th day. By BEN BOTKIN/YachatsNews […]
USF&WS will once again try to determine if rare coastal beetle deserves federal protection as endangered
The Siuslaw hairy-necked tiger beetle used to thrive on beaches in Oregon, California and Washington. By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle In 2020, a nonprofit environmental group petitioned federal authorities to […]
Judge agrees Thursday to let youth climate activists continue their 2015 lawsuit against federal government
Lawyers and youth plaintiffs line up behind a banner after a July 18, 2018, federal court hearing in Eugene. By ALANNA MADDEN/Courthouse News PORTLAND — A federal judge agreed Thursday to […]