Homeland Security’s ‘welfare’ check on Idaho migrant students raises school privacy questions
In other parts of the country, the welfare checks have resulted in children being taken out of their homes and put back into government custody
Lawmakers, Secretary of State back delaying 2024 Oregon campaign finance law from taking effect
An unremarkable, technical fix bill could be used to delay the state’s 2024 campaign finance law limiting contributions and requiring more disclosure from donors
Energy demand from data centers growing faster than West can supply, experts say
In a webinar hosted by regional transmission authorities, data centers were called a “major challenge” for the energy industry, as well as extreme weather
Oregon begins rewriting landmark climate program derailed by gas lawsuit
During the next year, the Department of Environmental Quality will work on a new program to limit climate emissions and help vulnerable communities
Oregon's timber industry proposes shifting wildfire protection costs from landowners to public
Several timber companies participated in a workgroup and proposal that would cut the fees they pay to the state for fire protection.
Oregon needs more money to fight big wildfires. Who should pay for it?
Two senators aim to boost funding to the state’s firefighting efforts, one funded by the public, the other by timber companies.
West Coast leaders urge feds to reverse decision allowing natural gas pipeline expansion
The expansion would allow 150 million more cubic feet of gas – on top of the 2 billion now – to be delivered to the region each day.
Oregon’s first large-scale solar park and farm hinges on 50-year-old land use laws
A farmer behind the state’s first “agrovoltaic” farm says critics cannot stop ‘an idea whose time has come’.
Student absenteeism high as Oregon districts attempt to normalize going to school every day
New state data shows nearly 40% of Oregon students missed 16 or more days of school during the 2022-23 school year.
Billions spent on hatcheries, habitat fails to help native Columbia River salmon, study finds
An Oregon State professor and U.S. Geological Survey biologist reviewed 50 years of data on fish survival and hatchery costs
Oregon among states planning to sue EPA for allowing sales of polluting wood-burning stoves
Oregon’s attorney general joins nine other attorneys general to demand greater regulation of pollution from residential wood-burning stoves
SPECIAL REPORT: Oregon fails to turn page on reading: $250 million spent in 25 years
Many Oregon kids still struggle to read because they are taught using ineffective methods
Schools hiring emergency teachers for special education, potentially violating federal law
More than 130 emergency licensed instructors who don’t have to meet federally mandated standards are teaching students with disabilities