In the News
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is inviting students from area middle or high schools to participate in the Congressional App Challenge.
The competition gives students a chance to show off their computer science and coding skills, developing an app for mobile, tablet or computer devices.
It encourages students who are part of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) programs to participate and create their own app.
Washington County resident Isidro Andrade Tafolla and the Oregon branch of the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal claim against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seeking $100,000 for his humiliation, emotional distress and psychological harm after he was questioned by ICE agents in September 2017.?
The case raises troubling questions about how people of color are treated in our community. And about how "safe" a "safe haven" our courthouses are.
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new loans, totaling $640 million, for a major water-supply infrastructure program in western Oregon.
The loan approvals, announced on Aug. 19, are part of EPA's Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, or WIFIA, program and will help finance the $1.3-billion, multi-year Willamette Water Supply System program.
A federal loan of $640 million will enable residents of the Tualatin Valley Water District and several Washington County cities to get their water from the Willamette River.
The announcement this week by the Environmental Protect Agency will allow the Willamette Water Supply Project to proceed with a $1.2 billion project that will deliver water by 2026.
The loans of $388 million to the water district and $251 million to the City of Hillsboro will be repaid by their water customers. Beaverton has also purchased a share, but it's not liable for the loan.
In the not-so-distant future, a Tualatin-area natural area will link a continuous 50-mile regional trail system connecting the Willamette River in Wilsonville to the same river in North Portland.
With that in mind, Metro, area city administrators and others met with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici at the Heritage Pine Natural Area on Wednesday, Aug 14, to call attention to a need for federal funding to help support continuing plans for an expansive regional trails systems.
Edwards Vacuum, a supplier of semiconductor vacuum and abatement solutions, has completed and opened its new high-tech innovation and manufacturing centre in Hillsboro.
The 75,000-square foot, state-of-the-art facility will serve as the North American semiconductor headquarters for the U.K.-based firm, creating 100 new high-tech jobs.
Edwards is consolidating its Hillsboro staff in the new facility. Previously, the firm had more than 150 employees in multiple Hillsboro locations.
A Forest Grove man detained by immigration officials outside the Washington County Circuit Court in Hillsboro says he's fighting back.
Immigrant rights advocates are looking for legal and political help to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining people at county courthouses.
ICE has a policy that discourages enforcement actions at sensitive locations such as schools, hospitals and churches. Some in Congress, including U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, want to codify the policy into federal law and expand it to apply to courthouses.
Addressing the gathering of advocates from groups including Indivisible and Moms Demand Action, Blumenauer spoke about gun safety in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, which together killed 31 people this weekend.
That's the most complaints of any month this year—and up 35 percent from June, when Oregonians filed 7,189 complaints.
Of the complaints filed last month, 83 percent were about recorded messages, or robocalls, and the telephone number people complained about most frequently was 408-960-0110.