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A grand opening event to celebrate the completion of a 16-unit affordable housing project in St. Helens will take place at the complex this Friday.
House Democrats passed a bill this week to double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, but Americans who work for low wages shouldn't count on extra cash in their paychecks anytime soon.
As President Donald Trump has been openly feuding with House Democrats pursuing investigations into him, his administration and his finances, some lawmakers
Bucking House Democratic leaders, Rep.
Two months after a congressional committee held an emotional, sometimes-combative hearing on Chemawa Indian School, the Oregon representatives leading improvement efforts see few signs of progress.
House lawmakers weighed efforts to combat youth homelessness and pushed for more federal funding to address the issue at a hearing on Tuesday before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump's Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn't "a racist bone in my body."
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon and Washington lawmakers are condemning President Donald Trump's racist attacks on Democratic congresswomen as the president's ratcheted up his comments at a White House event on Monday, including saying he wasn't concerned by white nationalists embracing his rhetoric.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici also castigated the president over his comments.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns amid questions about handling of Epstein case. Embattled Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has announced he is resigning.
On Tuesday, Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced a resolution in the House calling for a climate emergency.