Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2023. There are 242 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labour government in parliamentary elections.On this[Read More…]

Claire Rush Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have advanced a sweeping bill intended to protect abortion and gender-affirming health care for transgender people by boosting legal safeguards and expanding access and insurance coverage.Democratic representatives on Monday night passed the bill along party lines in a House[Read More…]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon started Tuesday in Portland.The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than 1,875 square miles (4,856 square kilometers) in Oregon and destroyed upward[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2023. There are 249 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 26, 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere. (Dozens of people were killed[Read More…]

Matthew BrownAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially toxic red slurry that’s dropped from aircraft.A coalition that includes Paradise, California[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, April 19, the 109th day of 2023. There are 256 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord.On this date:In 1865, a funeral was held at the White House for President Abraham[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2023. There are 263 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.On this date:In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral[Read More…]

Today is Thursday, April 6, the 96th day of 2023. There are 269 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece.On this date:In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched[Read More…]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon will temporarily suspend rebates for buying or leasing an electric vehicle for a year starting in May because too many people are applying and the program is running out of money, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Thursday.A growing number of Oregonians are buying or leasing electric vehicles,[Read More…]

Claire RushAssociated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers passed a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness package on Tuesday, displaying a bipartisan will to tackle two of the state’s most pressing crises.The vast majority of the funding — about $157 million — is aimed at boosting homelessness[Read More…]