Washington state will backfill lost Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood after a court ruling last week. At the same time, advocates continue to push for restored funding for abortion access that lawmakers cut in Washington’s new state budget. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/18/w...

Two Oregon lawmakers are among 250 state legislators across the U.S. visiting Israel this week on a trip sponsored by the Israeli government.  oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/18/t...

There's a new effort in Oregon to replace offensive geographic names across the state. The to-do list is currently 91 names long.

Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives are forming a work group focused on brainstorming ways to reimburse Oregon’s Planned Parenthood affiliates for the services they provide. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/17/o...

CALLOUT: I’m looking for people to talk to on the record about their experiences with receiving any kind of care at Planned Parenthood in Oregon, especially those who needed low-cost options. This can be any clinic, but I would especially love to talk to anyone who used the Ontario clinic. DM me!

The Beaver State — once ranked among the top half of U.S. states — continues to slide down CNBC’s annual “Best States for Business” list — from 21st place in 2023, 28th place in 2024 to 39th place in July. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/12/o...

As the state of Washington plans to destroy $1.3 million worth of expiring abortion pills it bought in 2023, Oregon leaders late last year thought ahead and replaced its expiring pills with ones that don’t expire until 2028. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/as-wa...

State Rep. Annessa Hartman, D-Gladstone and the only Dem to vote against an #orleg transportation package, is ditching the House to run for a much-better-paid and officially nonpartisan Clackamas County Commission post. More tk from @miamaldonado.bsky.social for @oregoncapitalchronicle.com.

A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

North coast Rep. Cyrus Javadi announced on Friday that he's switching parties, which isn't unprecedented in Oregon. While his values haven't changed, he said the Republican Party has under President Donald Trump's leadership. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/05/c...

House Bill 3991 is not the largest transportation tax hike in Oregon's history, ODOT said. The 2017 transportation package will still raise more money than this year's proposal would over the same period of time. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/04/h...

Critics say the 10-year, $4.3 billion transportation tax package is the biggest tax increase in Oregon history. How much would the average Oregonian actually pay? buff.ly/rt2pv1m by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater protection, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, up from 294 about a decade ago @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...

Oregon's Iron Mountain in the Willamette National Forest, Joseph Canyon in Wallowa County, Tumalo Mountain in central Oregon and Lookout Mountain in the Ochoco National Forest are among those that would lose protections @miamaldonado.bsky.social writes: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/28/t...

Oregon AG @danrayfield.bsky.social is suing President Donald Trump so often that @miamaldonado.bsky.social had to update the number in this story from 35 to 36 Friday night and lawsuit no. 37 hit this morning. Good look into the many-pronged legal battles. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/18/o...

Ace @oregoncapitalchronicle.com senior reporter @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social dug into congressional spending data to find out that Oregon's own Cliff Bentz outspent every member of Congress on inauguration weekend, paying thousands for staff hotel stays. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/07/o...

Oregon’s US senators split on weapons sales to Israel as Gazan death toll passes 60,000 and widespread, preventable hunger and malnutrition grow @oregoncapitalchronicle.com oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/01/o...

Some of his constituents argue he isn’t conservative enough, and one is even leading an effort to remove him from office. But Rep. Cyrus Javadi, R-Tillamook, said he isn’t interested in following along with the status quo of his party. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/30/s...

BREAKING: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/22/o...

A bipartisan House duo is trying to boost Oregon's international trade potential, and weather President Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies, @miamaldonado.bsky.social reports. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/11/n...

Great follow-up reporting from @miamaldonado.bsky.social, who profiled the cleanup crew earlier in the #orleg session and went back to check in after transportation cuts.

Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham and Senate's top transportation guy, texted to say he's offered his resignation from the Joint Transportation Reinvestment Cmte to keep focus on the transportation bill. Rs are decrying his heated exchange last Friday with Sen. Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany. #orleg

Gorsek on Monday afternoon said he resigned from the committee to let lawmakers focus on completing the transportation bill. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/23/s...

We are now edging on two hours late. I have no idea how we will ever convince Oregonians, anyone in the U.S. to get out of their cars if this is what mass transit is like.

Rural and urban transportation workers asked the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee to advance a massive funding package that Democrats say would solve the Oregon Department of Transportation’s budget shortfalls. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/13/o...

A “historic” deal made two years ago between the U.S. government, four tribes, Northwest states and environmentalists to put legal battles aside and invest in restoring endangered Columbia River fish runs is now off. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/12/t... by @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

Oregon rental applicants who haven’t yet signed a lease could soon get their security deposits back if they find the home they’ve applied to is defective. House Bill 3521 is now headed to Gov. Tina Kotek's desk for a signature. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/orego...

Oregon’s lone Republican Congressman, Cliff Bentz, represents more than 705,000 Oregonians — about 16% of the state’s population — who will feel disproportionately the cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill currently being considered by the U.S. Senate. buff.ly/76M0A2T

Oregon youth ages 1 to 18 can receive free summer meals at schools, libraries, parks and community centers as the Summer Food Service Program begins for the season. buff.ly/Ne21vav by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

"Let’s not teach our kids that their stories are too controversial to belong on the shelf.” - Oregon Rep. Cyrus Javadi of Tillamook, the lone Republican who voted to protect access to library books about race, sexuality. Report by @miamaldonado.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/09/o...

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Effective immediately, the McCall, New Meadows and Weiser ranger district offices will temporarily close until further notice, Payette National Forest officials announced.

Oregon relies on more than $11 billion in federal funding each year to cover about 75% of its Medicaid program. Under the Republican tax bill, that could be halved. @miamaldonado.bsky.social explains why Oregonians would take an outsized hit. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/04/r...

Formerly incarcerated individuals make up 50% of this company's workforce. These employees, contracted by ODOT, work full time cleaning litter off Oregon's highways. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/28/m...

In a 36-15 vote, the Oregon House on Monday passed a bill to prohibit landlords from asking tenants about their immigration status.  buff.ly/zMZmMnF by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

The Oregon Historical Society has already identified 107 locations across Oregon with offensive names that remain unchanged. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/16/o...

9.7% of kindergartners received nonmedical exemptions from Oregon’s school vaccine requirements, setting a record and an increase from last year when Oregon had the fourth-highest nonmedical exemption rate in the country behind Idaho, Alaska and Utah. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/15/m...

Salem's Victoria Mendoza, alongside many other Oregon child care providers, is bracing for the possibility of shutting down her business. buff.ly/X5HcmFi by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

Oregon youth have some of the most elevated rates of cannabis use in the country — but when it comes to recognizing the risks, they rank at the very bottom. buff.ly/7WFuizX by @miamaldonado.bsky.social

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Advocates for abused and neglected children in Oregon lost more federal funding in late April after the U.S. Department of Justice abruptly terminated grants. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/05/f...

My second story in Oregon: Lawmakers are considering a policy that would ban schools and library board from removing books with stories about religion, disability, LGBTQ+ issues or other characteristics of a protected class in Oregon’s anti-discrimination law in public education.

My first story in the Beaver State! Oregon Senate Majority Leader Jama Kayse is sponsoring a bill to improve benefits for Uber and Lyft drivers. Kayse, an immigrant and a refugee, represents the same demographic of many drivers working for these companies. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/28/o...

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Me and @pfannyyy.bsky.social compiled a list of laws enacted this year impacting LGBTQ+ individuals. “Our community — every year, but I think this year especially — is getting smaller because there’s just so much uncertainty happening right now,” Mathews said. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/04/21/t...

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Some really bittersweet news... Today is my last day working at the Idaho Capital Sun. 🥔🌞 Covering the places where I grew up has been an absolute privilege, and I'm so grateful for the PIOs, elected officials and everyday Idahoans who have helped me understand the dynamics of our dear Gem state.

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

“That would be counterintuitive to the intent if we made people fearful,” Little said in response to concerns about House Bill 83. “Our goal is to keep everybody here safe, and that’s what this piece of legislation is.” idahocapitalsun.com/2025/04/17/a...