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Oregon’s undocumented workers impacted by the pandemic are a step closer to getting some financial relief.

An Iraqi boy, who traveled to Oregon for life-saving surgery 10 years ago, has returned.

Scott Simon notes the 30 percent increase of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during the first year of the pandemic.

At a State Senate hearing Monday lawmakers seemed ready to reassert themselves as budget negotiations get underway with Governor Gavin Newsom. In mid-March, before recessing due to COVID-19, the Legislature gave Newsom broad authority to spend more than $1 billion responding to the pandemic. In his recent May budget revision, Newsom is asking for similar … Continue reading Legislature Looks to Reassert Its Power in Budget Negotiations →

As she settled in for this stripped-down set, Taylor Swift looked out over the office. "I just decided to take this as an opportunity to show you guys how the songs sounded when I first wrote them."

FEMA and Congress are trying to figure out what to do with more than 10,000 mobile homes hastily stockpiled in Hope, Ark., after Hurricane Katrina. Federal regulations forbid them from being placed in a floodplain, so few were ever sent to the Gulf Coast. A move is on to change the law.

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, there is no clear idea of the death toll. An emergency official said Saturday that earlier fears of as many as 10,000 deaths will likely prove wrong. But the process of collecting, identifying and counting bodies is a slow one.

A crumbling stretch of Highway 101 south of Crescent City threatens to sever Del Norte County from the North Coast. Congressman Jared Huffman says…

On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Anchorage, Alaska. It sent tsunami waves rushing down the northwest coast to Crescent City, Calif.

Flimsy boats, EU policies and an increase in migrants attempting the crossing are some of the factors converging to make this year an especially deadly one.