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| Feb 15, 2026 | With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energ... |
| Sep 28, 2025 | States scramble to plug transportation funding holes | By Erika Bolstad, Stateline.org
States are scrambling for the money to fill potholes, plow roads, maintain bridges and pay bus drivers as they confront inflation- and tariff-driven cost increases and declining gas tax revenues.
States also ... |
| Jul 3, 2025 | The Silent Epidemic: Gun Suicides in America | Gun suicides in the United States have reached alarming heights. In 2023, they hit a record high, revealing a grim reality that demands urgent attention. This crisis is not just a statistic; it’s a human tragedy. Each number represents a li... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Gun suicides in US reached record high in 2023 | “People are just using guns when it comes to considering suicide because it’s highly lethal and it’s easily accessible,” said Rose Kim, the lead author of the report and the assistant policy adviser at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Viole... |
| May 1, 2025 | As wildfires intensify, utilities want liability protections. But then who pays? | In 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California declared bankruptcy over its roughly $30 billion liability from a series of wildfires caused by its equipment, including the devastating Camp Fire. And in Oregon, PacifiCorp is facing ... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Oregon Attorney General Rayfield and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to hold “Safeguarding Oregon: Federal Oversight Forum” in Portland | Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are joining again for a town hall to talk about the impacts of recent federal funding cuts, the wave of fired federal workers and the impact on local communities. ... |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Banking on Oregon forests: putting forests into carbon markets to address c... | This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Alex Baumhardt was originally published in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, where it appears with additional photos and resources.
No man-made machine on Earth can better capture plan... |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Oregon inks agreement with developers to enter entire state forest into car... | This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Alex Baumhardt was originally published in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, where it appears with additional photos and resources.
Oregon is one step closer to using a state forest to... |
| Oct 30, 2024 | The Heartland's Political Tug-of-War: Iowa's Crucial House Races | As the political landscape shifts, Iowa emerges as a battleground for the upcoming elections. The stakes are high, and the stakes are personal. In a state where former President Donald Trump reigns supreme, two congressional districts are u... |
| Oct 29, 2024 | National Politics | Tight House races make for crowded Most Vulnerable Incumbent list | Maine Rep. Jared Golden is another Democrat who finds himself just off the list. A recent NRCC poll shows state Rep. Austin Theriault up 2 points over Golden and Trump is expected to win the district easily. But polling has been scant, and ... |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Banking on Oregon forests: In spite of flaws, carbon markets put a price on... | This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Alex Baumhardt was originally published in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, where it appears with additional photos and resources.
The extraordinary costs of climate change hit home f... |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Banking on Oregon forests: Despite challenges, carbon markets see big poten... | This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Alex Baumhardt was originally published in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, where it appears with additional photos and resources.
A small statue of St. Francis sits on a stump holdin... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Land Board approves ‘precedent setting’ plan to put Elliott State Fores... | This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Alex Baumhardt was originally published in the Oregon Capital Chronicle, where it appears with additional photos and resources.
Oregon’s leaders decided for the first time to dedic... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Study: Portland's not ready for more climate disasters | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Oregon is one of the worst states for climate disasters and Multnomah is the least prepared county in the state to handle them, a recent study finds.
Why it matters: ... |
| May 15, 2024 | Three frontrunners push ahead for OR-3 seat | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
With Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer set to retire after roughly 30 years in office, his seat in Congress is up for grabs — and three frontrunners are locked in a tight race for what's considered... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Future funding for Oregon wildfires still up in the air | As wildfire season approaches, the Oregon Department of Forestry faces ongoing budgetary concerns after lawmakers failed to pass any additional funding for the agency during the short legislative session.
Why it matters: Fighting wildfires ... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Inside the pushback against drug re-criminalization | A bill aimed at rolling back key components of voter-approved Measure 110, which decriminalized possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, like heroin, fentanyl and meth, is expected to receive a vote in the Oregon House this week.
Why i... |
| Feb 16, 2024 | Health | Governments can erase your medical debt for pennies on the dollar — and some are | By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org
Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcies in the United States, and more than 2 in 5 American adults have some.
In many cases, the money people owe to health care providers forces them to cut sp... |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Oregon's semiconductor industry scales up with investment | Oregon's semiconductor industry is expected to expand exponentially in the coming years thanks to millions of dollars in state and federal investment.
Why it matters: Officials anticipate the new funds — coupled with a new set of tax c... |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Health | States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people | Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org
Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question: “Do you have naloxone that I can pi... |
| Aug 2, 2023 | Raimondo courts Gen Z for semiconductor jobs | Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo wants to remake the image of manufacturing for younger workers.
Why it matters: Raimondo has been instrumental in driving public and political support for the CHIPS Act, which is expected to create an explos... |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Built-to-rent house trend skips Oregon so far | Data: National Rental Home Council, U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Thomas Oide/Axios
Building houses for rent, not for sale, is a growing national trend, Axios' Felix Salmon reports. But Oregon is one of 10 states where it's not happe... |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Where 988 mental health calls go in Oregon | Data: Kaiser Family Foundation; Note: Does not include calls to the Veterans Crisis Line; Map: Alice Feng/Axios
More than 11% of the 8,600 calls made from Oregon to the year-old national 988 suicide prevention and mental health hotline went... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | New I-5 bridge takes a billion-dollar step | In the last few days of Oregon's legislative session, lawmakers authorized paying $1 billion over the next eight years toward replacing the I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver — using a funding method Gov. Tina Kotek initially op... |
| May 18, 2023 | Oregon Cannabis Businesses Must Pay Taxes Or Lose Licenses | Cannabis businesses in Oregon must pay their state taxes if they want to keep their licenses. State coffers are running dry: About $18.7 million in cannabis tax revenue from retailers was missing last year, according to the Oregon Departmen... |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Displaced Ukrainians Find Refuge As Russian Invasion Continues 1 Year Later | Close up of Ukraine National Flag flying in the wind at a government building in Kyiv during the ... [+] Russia Ukraine conflictgetty |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Democratic state Rep. Andrea Salinas faces off against Republican Mike Erickson in Oregon's 6th Congressional District election | Mike Erickson's campaign; Andrea Salinas' campaign; Insider
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| Nov 5, 2022 | Democratic state Rep. Andrea Salinas faces off against Republican Mike Erickson in Oregon's 6th Congressional District election | Mike Erickson's campaign; Andrea Salinas' campaign; Insider
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| Aug 24, 2022 | Biden to wipe out $10,000 in student loan debt for many borrowers | WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for Pell Grant borrowers and up to $10,000 for all other borrowers with an income of less than $125,000 for an individual an... |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Will it be ‘every state for themselves’ as the federal COVID cash dries up? | WASHINGTON — State and local health departments remain in limbo over whether they’ll need to single-handedly fund their own Covid-19 vaccines and treatments as a stalemate in Congress drags into its fourth month.
The Biden administration ha... |
| Democrat Tina Kotek and Republican Christine Drazan will face off in Oregon governor's race | - Former Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek, who is running for governor, poses for photos in Columbia Park in Portland, Ore., on Feb. 18, 2022. Oregon's primary elections are Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AP Photo/Sara Cline, file
Tina Kotek, t... |
| Biden vows codifying Roe v. Wade will top his agenda if Democrats expand control | WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised that if Democrats keep control of the U.S. House and gain a few more Democratic seats in the Senate, then “the first bill that I will send to Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade.”
He a... |
