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May 16, 2019

"Total crisis" was the phrase Sonya Moody-Jurado used in her Capitol Hill testimony to describe Chemawa Indian School, an off-reservation boarding school managed by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).

Moody-Jurado should know the school's problems; she chaired the school board from 2015 to 2018.


May 13, 2019

Three Democratic members of Congress, two from Oregon and one from Washington, made the case for Medicare for All on Saturday in Portland.

Issues:Health Care

May 11, 2019

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is pushing for the passage of the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019, this year's iteration of a bill that would provide for, among other things, clearing trees in the name of wildfire prevention.


May 11, 2019

A standard-bearer in the Medicare for All movement found a receptive audience during a pit stop in Portland — though

Issues:Health Care

May 10, 2019

Finding solutions to address affordable housing — not only in Columbia County but across the state and country — is complex and multifaceted.


May 10, 2019

A classroom of preschoolers at the Head Start facility near McBride Elementary School in St. Helens got a special visit Monday afternoon, May 6.

Issues:Education

May 8, 2019

In a report that elicited calls for congressional action, the New York TimesrevealedWednesday that "senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency disregarded the advice of their own scientists and lawyers in April when the agency issued a rule t


May 7, 2019

St. Helens city leaders are reviewing a series of steps toward solutions to the city's housing needs.


May 6, 2019

Rep. Bill Posey's (R-Rockledge) bipartisan legislation to fight coastal acidification and help estuaries like our Indian River Lagoon was recently approved by the Full House Science Committee.