Category OREGON NEWS
Portland physics student flees Trump crackdown, months from earning his doctorate
The risk seemed far too great. Portland State University graduate student Abdul Almutairi learned Thursday he was one of 23 international students in Oregon targeted by the Trump administration for deportation. Haunted by video footage of a Tufts University graduate student who was whisked away by federal agents and…
Proposal to impose penalties on private utilities delaying wildfire lawsuits quietly moves forward
A bipartisan bill moving through the Oregon Senate would prohibit private utilities from recovering wildfire costs from customers if companies are delaying lawsuits.
Oregon House passes bill to criminalize sharing AI-generated fake nude photos
State law already prohibits maliciously sharing naked or sexually explicit photos of people, but prosecutors said their hands were tied by deepfakes.
Oregon governor, congressional delegation urge feds to declare disaster for coast salmon fisheries
It would be the seventh disaster declaration since 2016 for the state’s coastal salmon fisheries, which have been hit by warming waters and drought from climate change.
Oregon voter registration errors began years earlier than DMV officials acknowledged
A new report found 118 Oregon voter registration errors, most between 2010 and 2023.
A CHILD’S COURAGE: Ontario girl finds strength to face abuser
The Ontario child was just 9 years old when she stepped to the witness stand to face the man who had abused her.
Oregon senators kill proposal to make fossil fuels industry pay for climate-change driven disasters
Senate Bill 1187 would have made companies responsible for millions of metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution pay into a “climate superfund."
In Warm Springs, tribal members and other central Oregon residents share budget feedback
The budget hearing last week was the first on tribal lands in at least two decades.
Opposition packs hearing on Gov. Kotek proposal to update critical groundwater area protections
More than 500 letters of testimony were submitted in opposition to Senate Bill 1154, largely from people who fear it will let state agencies take their well water.