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Oregon

After Oregon Republicans Scurry Off to Avoid Voting on Climate Bill, Governor Sends State Police to Bring Them Back

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday ordered state police to find state Senate Republicans who fled the capital Thursday.

In "Victory for Patients and Doctors," Federal Judge Says He Will Block Trump's "Arrogant" Gag Rule Gutting Title X Funding

Julia Conley, staff writer

"At the heart of these rules is an arrogant assumption that the government is better suited to direct women's healthcare than their providers."

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Fair Housing Advocates Applaud Oregon's Historic Rent Control Law—But Vow to Fight for Even Better Protections

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Let's call this cap 'anti-price gouging,' and continue to demand that the...

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Extremist Anti-Choice Laws Pass in Two States While Oregon Voters Reject Attempt to Curb Abortion Rights for Low-Income Women

Julia Conley, staff writer

Two new "trigger bans" would eliminate access to abortion in Alabama and West...

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Teenagers' Climate Lawsuit Against Trump Can Proceed, Supreme Court Rules

From #OccupyICE Encampments to the Campaign Trail, Call Grows to Abolish 'Unaccountable and Inhumane' Agency

'I'll Say No': Oregon Governor Will Reject Any Request from Trump to Deploy National Guard to Border

Celebrations as Oregon Voters Approve Tax Hike to Cover Medicaid Expansion

ACLU demonstrators

Oregon Lauded as Progressive Model for Reproductive Healthcare Reform

After 'Heroic Intervention,' Funds Being Raised for Portland Victims

GOP Lawmakers Battered With Boos and Jeers in Face-Offs With Constituents

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

Trump Administration Slapped With Lawsuits Over Blocked Energy Efficiency Standards

More States Sue to Block Trump's "Muslim Ban By Another Name"

Just in Time for Trump Era, Jury Says Defense of Planet Is No Crime

With New Tax, Portland Fires Opening Shot in Battle Against Extreme CEO Pay

"We're Still Here": Thanksgiving Day Sees Powerful Dakota Access Resistance

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Come and Take It

A new trend among gun lovers: Armed demonstrations inside state capitals. Several hundred gathered in Oregon and Washington's legislative lobbies with loaded weapons and conceal carry permits to support their "fellow patriots," with more events planned. What could go wrong? Oh, and another shooting, in Delaware.

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Food & Water Watch

Oregon Governor Finally Sides with Hood River County Over Nestlé

Earthjustice

Lighthouse Resources Backs Off Coal Export On The Columbia River In Oregon

Food & Water Watch

Tribal Member Fasts in Salem to Protest Gov. Brown's Nestlé Policies...

Center for Biological Diversity

'Bundy Militia' Pocket Constitution Tops Amazon Charts Amidst Trump-Khan Feud...

Freethought Equality Fund (FEF)

Nonreligious Oregon State House Candidates Victorious in Democratic Primary

Western Environmental Law Center

Groups Protest Oregon Timber Plan Riddled With Loopholes

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Nick Engelfried

Climate Activists Set Sights on Ending Fossil Fuel Exports in Pacific Northwest Once and For All

Bill Bigelow

Tax the Rich, Fight the Climate Crisis

Laura Flanders

A Healthcare Story to Celebrate: Oregon’s Reproductive Equity Act

Mat dos Santos

Why is DHS Labeling Protesters “Domestic Terrorists”?

Taylor McKinnon

Why Oregon Standoff Verdicts Set Dangerous and Far-Reaching Precedent

Dave Johnson

Oregon Locals Take On Corporate Power With ‘Tax Corporations’ Measure 97

Lornet Turnbull

How Oregon Became the Easiest Place to Vote in America

Robert Borosage

For Vice President: Senator Jeff Merkley

Matt Krogh

Oil Train Disaster Plans: A Burning Need for the Truth about Oil Train Fires

Robert Borosage

The Test of Leadership as Sanders Rolls in Oregon