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Fired Federal Workers Face Choices Now That a Judge Wants Them Rehired
Although it is unknown how many federal workers are taking up the offers to return to work, some employees have already decided to move on, fearing more reductions down the road.
Genealogical Forum of Oregon Offers Free Sessions in Open House
The Genealogical Forum of Oregon is inviting everyone with an interest in exploring their family history to their 2025 Open House. From March 23-29 the GFO Library in downtown Portland, at 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Ste B018, will be open for research with no day-use fee and the forum will be offering free events
Wyden and Bynum Take Questions, Urge Civilian Engagement During Town Hall Forums in Oregon
Bynum encourages attendees to encourage friends in Republican districts to flood town hall forums.
Budget would gut approved community projects, undermine public safety, harm water quality, among other concerns, Portland leaders say.
The Office of Community Involvement was established in 1984 to support county-wide engagement through a multifaceted...
Dexter Visits Local Health Clinics to Spotlight Medicaid Cuts
“Republicans are stealing from the poor to cut taxes for the ultrawealthy. Nowhere is this more egregious than their budget plans to...
National Civil Rights Museum Remembers Dr. King on April 4
The museum invites the nation to focus on King’s nonviolent direct action in addressing current social chaos. ...
Appeals Court Rules Oregon Gun Law is Constitutional
AG Rayfield: “Oregonians voted for this, and it’s time we move ahead with common sense safety measures.” ...
AG Issues Guidance for Schools on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
“Making sure diversity, equity, and inclusion are protected in education is about giving every student a fair chance to succeed,”...
Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules, as advocates find new ways to challenge them in a legal landscape...
Western Oregon women's basketball players allege physical and emotional abuse
MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) — Former players for the Western Oregon women's basketball team have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging emotional and physical abuse. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Marion County, seeks million damages. It names the university, its athletic...
Slaughter leads Missouri against No. 5 Texas
Missouri Tigers (12-10, 1-6 SEC) at Texas Longhorns (20-2, 6-1 SEC) Austin, Texas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Missouri visits No. 5 Texas after Grace Slaughter scored 31 points in Missouri's 78-77 victory against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The...
Slaughter leads Missouri against No. 5 Texas after 31-point game
Missouri Tigers (12-10, 1-6 SEC) at Texas Longhorns (20-2, 6-1 SEC) Austin, Texas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Missouri visits No. 5 Texas after Grace Slaughter scored 31 points in Missouri's 78-77 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The...
The Courage of Rep. Al Green: A Mandate for the People, Not the Powerful
If his colleagues truly believed in the cause, they would have risen in protest beside him, marched out of that chamber arm in arm with him, and defended him from censure rather than allowing Republicans to frame the narrative. ...
Bending the Arc: Advancing Equity in a New Federal Landscape
January 20th, 2025 represented the clearest distillation of the crossroads our country faces. ...
Trump’s America Last Agenda is a Knife in the Back of Working People
Donald Trump’s playbook has always been to campaign like a populist and govern like an oligarch. But it is still shocking just how brutally he went after our country’s working people in the first few days – even the first few hours – after he was...
As Dr. King Once Asked, Where Do We Go From Here?
“Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and comfort from the inner city of poverty and despair shall...
Trump consoles crash victims then dives into politics with attack on diversity initiatives
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday responded to the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades by blaming diversity initiatives for undermining safety and questioning the actions of a U.S. Army helicopter pilot involved in the midair collision with a...
US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Thursday what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car. Marion Bowman Jr.'s request to stop his execution until a...
Trump's orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money. A separate plan announced Wednesday calls for aggressive action to...
The leaders of France and Britain are visiting Washington this week. It's part of European efforts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President speaks of being a bridge between Europe and the U.S. administration. French President Emmanuel Macron has more strongly criticized Trump’s statements and American moves to negotiate with Moscow. Both leaders insist Ukraine must not be sidelined in peace talks. Macron is due at the White House on Monday and Starmer on Thursday.
President-elect Donald Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate, which has the constitutional responsibility for “advice and consent” on presidential nominees. Trump and his allies are talking about going around the Senate and using temporary recess appointments, which last no more than two years. Invoking that authority could result in a court fight that lands at the Supreme Court. Trump might also have to claim another never-before-used power to force the Senate into a recess if it won’t agree to one
