Tag: Oregon

Supporters say a vehicle miles traveled tax is more fair than increasing the gasoline tax because it would apply to electric and hybrid vehicles. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump administration signals support for mileage tax to pay for infrastructure plan

Josh Siegel · February 22, 2018 4:41 pm

The Clatsop County Sheriff's Office says the shot was fired Wednesday night at Camp Rilea near the housing area, according to U.S. Army unit members. (@camprileaorng/Twitter)

National Security

Soldier dies in accidental shooting at Oregon training facility: Report

Mandy Mayfield · February 1, 2018 6:50 pm

North American Moving Services recently released a report detailing state-to-state moves during 2017 using Census data. (iStock)

Americans are on the move to freer pastures

Dean Stansel · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe in the 1973 court case, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold hands as they leave the Supreme Court building in Washington on April 26, 1989, after the court listened to arguments in a Missouri abortion case. The court's decision may overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade case which legalized abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Roe v. Wade at 45: States chip away at abortion laws

Melissa Quinn · January 22, 2018 2:00 pm

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has said he will hold up Interior Department nominees until he has proof that department Secretary Ryan Zinke has removed his state from a list of potential offshore drilling sites. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Energy and Environment

Sen. Bill Nelson to block Interior nominees until Ryan Zinke confirms vow to prevent drilling off Florida’s shores

Josh Siegel · January 18, 2018 2:34 am

There are 10 U.S. attorney offices spread across the six states that opened recreational marijuana markets under the 2013 Cole Memo. But what impact a new crackdown on the industry in those states will have is anyone's guess. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Will a US attorney bust up pot businesses after Jeff Sessions’ policy change?

Steven Nelson · January 7, 2018 5:01 am

The Gang That Couldn’t Pump Straight

The Scrapbook · January 5, 2018 9:00 am

No Things Considered

Bannon says Trump was treasonous and ‘gaspocalypse’ hits Oregon

Tim Young · January 4, 2018 12:35 am

Afternoon Links: Get Ready for ‘Raw Water,’ Pumping Your Own Gas, and Milo’s First Draft

Jim Swift · January 3, 2018 9:50 pm

A court case in Oregon regarding a baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding is very similar to the one currently making its way through the Supreme Court: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

One Supreme Court case will have a critical impact on tolerance, free speech, and freedom of belief

Jenna Ellis · January 3, 2018 7:42 pm

Despite the fact that no money was stolen and despite the fact that Republicans announced to the world their plan beforehand, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., (pictured above) accused his colleagues of stealing "$1 trillion out of our national treasury." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

So, um, does Sen. Jeff Merkley know what a heist is?

Philip Wegmann · December 20, 2017 8:32 pm

Sanders reiterated several times that the federal government had no role in the contract award and that it was a decision made solely by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke urges Trump to cut two more national monuments

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2017 9:16 pm