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Attorney General Knudsen leads 20-state coalition in support of President Trump’s response to violent rioters in Oregon

Attorney General Knudsen leads 20-state coalition in support of President Trump’s response to violent rioters in Oregon

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 20-state coalition in supporting President Trump’s deployment of National Guard members to defend Portland against violent protests and support law enforcement in deporting illegal immigrants....

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition United Against Trump's National Guard Deployment to Oregon

Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition United Against Trump's National Guard Deployment to Oregon

Press Releases 10/09/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition United Against Trump's National Guard Deployment to Oregon (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and governors in an amicus...

Owner:  American Government
Governor Kotek, Attorney General Rayfield, Mayor Wilson Respond to Administrative Stay

Governor Kotek, Attorney General Rayfield, Mayor Wilson Respond to Administrative Stay

Today, Governor Tina Kotek, Attorney General Dan Rayfield, and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson issued a response to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals order, granting an administrative stay before the Ninth Circuit hears the Trump Administration’s...

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General James Challenges Federal Government’s Unlawful Deployment of National Guard in Oregon

Attorney General James Challenges Federal Government’s Unlawful Deployment of National Guard in Oregon

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 23 other states in supporting Oregon and California’s lawsuit opposing the administration’s unlawful federalization and deployment of the National Guard in Portland. In...

Owner:  American Government
AG Brown leads states united against Trump’s National Guard deployment to Oregon

AG Brown leads states united against Trump’s National Guard deployment to Oregon

Attorney General Nick Brown today led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and governors in an amicus brief supporting Oregon’s court challenge to the Trump administration’s latest attempts to illegally use the military for civil law enforcement....

Owner:  American Government
Portland Man Charged with Felony Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer Near Local ICE Office

Portland Man Charged with Felony Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer Near Local ICE Office

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting a federal officer near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. Alexander Jay Boyce, 38, has been charged by criminal...

Owner:  American Government
Governor Kotek Directs Northern Command to Send National Guard Members Home

Governor Kotek Directs Northern Command to Send National Guard Members Home

Portland, OR – In a correspondence sent today, Governor Tina Kotek directed the United States Northern Command to take immediate action to demobilize Oregon’s 200 National Guard citizen-soldiers and return the 200 California National Guard members...

Owner:  American Government
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Oregon’s congressional Democrats press feds on treatment of immigrants, protestors at ICE compound

Oregon’s congressional Democrats press feds on treatment of immigrants, protestors at ICE compound

Oregon’s congressional Democrats are pressing federal officials on the treatment of immigrants and protestors at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland. Oregon’s Portland-area U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and...

Owner:  Newhouse Family
Oregon no longer plans to provide Medicaid services to those about to leave jail or prison

Oregon no longer plans to provide Medicaid services to those about to leave jail or prison

Oregon Health Authority this week notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health services to those about to exit jail or prison. The move comes...

Owner:  The Associated Press (Non-profit)
Oregon’s congressional Democrats press feds on treatment of immigrants, protesters at ICE facility

Oregon’s congressional Democrats press feds on treatment of immigrants, protesters at ICE facility

Oregon’s congressional Democrats are pressing federal officials on the treatment of immigrants and protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland. The facility has been the site of mostly small, mostly...

Owner:  Les Zaitz & Larry Tokarski
OREGON: Gov Cuts Red Tape to Secure Clean Energy Tax Credits

OREGON: Gov Cuts Red Tape to Secure Clean Energy Tax Credits

SALEM, Oregon, October 10, 2025 (ENS) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek this week signed an Executive Order accelerating renewables project development in the state before time runs out on federal clean energy tax credits. Tax credits now on the table...

Owner:  Sunny Lewis
Governors explore a constitutional compact between states to defend democracy from federal decay

Governors explore a constitutional compact between states to defend democracy from federal decay

Donald Trump’s second presidency has exposed not only the weakness of federal guardrails but also the futility of watching each new outrage unfold as if civic norms could somehow restrain the convicted felon determined to shatter them. He has...

Owner:  The Milwaukee Independent
Oregon Army National Guardsman sets push-up world record

Oregon Army National Guardsman sets push-up world record

An Oregon Army National Guardsman who had had already set several world exercise records apparently set another one, for pushups, last month, according to the Oregon National Guard. Physician Assistant Major Tommy Vu, 38, completed the most...

Owner:  Michael Reinstein
Oregon Department of Forestry ending fire season in NE Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 11

Oregon Department of Forestry ending fire season in NE Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 11

Published 10:34 am Friday, October 10, 2025 LA GRANDE — Fire season will officially end at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Northeast Oregon District. That includes more than 2 million...

Owner:  Todd Carpenter
Oregon abandons Medicaid expansion for people leaving prison, months after delaying launch

Oregon abandons Medicaid expansion for people leaving prison, months after delaying launch

Oregon Health Authority this week notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health services to those about to exit jail or prison. The move comes...

Owner:  InvestigateWest (Non-profit)
Oregon State’s ag college faces budget shortfall, reduced research funding

Oregon State’s ag college faces budget shortfall, reduced research funding

Published 7:00 am Friday, October 10, 2025 CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences faces a funding shortfall of nearly $5 million this fiscal year due to state reductions and its budget not keeping pace with...

Owner:  Todd Carpenter
COMMENTARY: Could GOP suffer long-term political damage from shutdown?

COMMENTARY: Could GOP suffer long-term political damage from shutdown?

Even before the latest federal government shutdown began, pundits were speculating over which party was the more responsible for the impasse and which would be the political beneficiary. Initial polls indicate that voters primarily blame President...

Owner:  Walter E. Hussman Jr.
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