Oregon

23+ min ago   (469+ words) The Oregon Department of Human Services must consider a Malheur County woman as a prospective adoptive parent and is prohibited from rejecting or excluding her because of her religious beliefs about same-sex marriage, gender identity or pronoun usage, according to…...

2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (288+ words) Stipulated order and judgment bans state from denying application based on religious beliefs in favor of traditional marriage and identifying with one's sex, and prohibits transgender language mandate. More than a year after an appeals court found Oregon was likely…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (184+ words) SALEM, OR — On September 10, 2026, the Joint Emergency Board allocated $1.25 million to the Oregon Secretary of State to expand the state’s network of secure, official ballot drop boxes and provide all Oregonians greater transparency into the status of their ballot. Secretary…...

19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (450+ words) Portland, OR – On September 11, right-wing extremist Thomas Allen announced plans to protest the Sports Bra, a local gay bar catering to women’s sports fans. Allen was protesting a viral video where Sports Bras employees refused service to customers with transphobic…...

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1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (274+ words) September 13, 2026 1:45 p.m. On Thursday, the Joint Emergency Board allocated $1.25 million to the Oregon Secretary of State to expand the state’s network of secure, official ballot drop boxes and provide all Oregonians with greater transparency into the status of their ballot. Oregon…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (98+ words) Cinde Warmington says she thinks that Democrats can break their losing streak in seeking the corner office in New Hampshire, arguing that voters are looking for a change in state leadership. “It is time for a new direction in our…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (558+ words) After nearly seven weeks with the nation’s firefighting resources committed at their highest preparedness level, Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and four Western senators are seeking answers from the Trump administration over federal staffing, firefighter safety and the billions of…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (389+ words) Oregon has temporarily closed state-owned land to unapproved data-center development as the explosive growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing forces the state to reconcile billions of dollars in technology investment with rising electricity demand, water consumption, infrastructure costs and…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (498+ words) Riverview Park in Independence, Ore., pictured here, was nearly closed in August due the city’s lack of maintenance funding. It was reopened after the nonprofit Friends of Community Parks provided an emergency grant. After a city in his district temporarily…...