2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (453+ words) Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state health officials told lawmakers Wednesday....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (428+ words) This Labor Day, all’s for the best in this best of all possible countries. Ten million American citizens lost their health care since Donald Trump regained office, among them 2.5 million children. More cuts are coming next month. Medicaid cuts kick…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (633+ words) The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of Congress said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (547+ words) Increasing tensions between the U.S. and Canada, fueled by President Donald Trump's tariffs, have contributed to a decline in Canadian tourist visits. The impact is visible on the wine industry. “We've seen a change in travel behavior from consumers in the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1119+ words) With a U.S.-Canada trade war raging, Canada fired a warning shot on its northwestern front — one that could have repercussions for Washington state’s trade-dependent economy. Some 200 decision-makers from across the Canadian shipping, commodity and energy industries traveled to this remote…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1760+ words) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez stood inside a brewery in this sleepy town where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, explaining to a crowd of supporters about how Washington, D.C., is often confused about her focus on sea lions. “They thought…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (147+ words) A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship. In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman barred the Trump administration from carrying out the president’s executive order that would deny citizenship…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (304+ words) Thanks for your reply to my recent letter to the editor, Tony Christen. I suppose all we really need to do is look at behavior. You know what we didn’t see in 2016, Tony? Mobs of Democrats smashing their way into…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (82+ words) Politics! Attack ads funded by millions of dollars include one against a woman running for office in this county. They repeatedly show a clip of her saying in an interview that she is a little to the left of her…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (178+ words) The passing of Dolly Parton is doing something that regional disasters often produce by bringing a wide spectrum of people together feeling a similar sense of loss. She had a unique way of drawing people together by emphasizing our better…...