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Eugene, Lane County plan would bring homeless off streets
EUGENE — Elected leaders for Eugene and Lane County are supporting an ambitious, expensive push aimed at lowering ...
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Disability rights groups sue Oregon in federal court
SALEM — Disability Rights Oregon and four other groups filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the state of ...
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Merkley wants FBI to investigate family separation policy
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to investigate Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen ...
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Pension checks for Coast Guard retirees in doubt, congressman says
An Oregon congressman said pension payments for 50,000 retirees from the Coast Guard could be at risk in ...
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Fatal fishing boat wreck focuses spotlight on Coast Guard work during shutdown
NEWPORT — As Coast Guard crews worked to escort the Mary B II across the Yaquina Bay Bar ...
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Senators ask FDA to update rules on certain pot products
SALEM — Oregon’s two senators on Tuesday urged the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ...
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Oregon snowpack fails again to reach normal standard
SALEM — Oregon’s snowpack is below normal again and data shows the state is reaching historically normal levels ...
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State law shields doctors from scrutiny on opioids
SALEM — State officials know of 160 doctors with suspicious prescribing patterns but Oregon law shields those doctors ...
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Effort underway to strengthen Oregon hate-crime laws
SALEM — Immigrants, Muslims, people of color, top law enforcement officers and state officials packed into a room ...
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Bills introduced to aid farmland firefighting
In the wake of a July fire that burned 80,000 acres of land in Sherman and Wasco counties, ...