The average human brain now contains enough tiny plastic fragments to equal the weight of a plastic spoon, a 50% increase in the past decade. Those sobering statistics, included in a February study ...

Federal wildlife officials approved a plan to cull barred owls in order to protect northern spotted owls, but it could be ...

Oregon leaders expressed anger, devastation and disappointment with the passage of a nearly 900-page tax and spending cut ...

Rep. Maxine Dexter said the four children are U.S. citizens and that the family has been detained since June 28 at a ...

Rep. Val Hoyle, a Democrat from Springfield, said the bill will reduce the state’s access to healthcare and imperil Oregon’s ...

Oregonians must prove they work to receive health insurance coverage under Medicaid The Oregon Health Authority expects that ...

U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter of Oregon’s 3rd congressional district spoke outside of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facility on July 11, in Ferndale, Wash. She spoke out against the near two-week ...

U .S. House Republican propelled President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending bill forward to final congressional passage Thursday. Immediately after, many of Oregon lawmakers ...

An estimated 21,654 residents of Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes Clark County, will lose Medicaid coverage now that a bill proposed by the Republican-controlled Senate has pas ...

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