Portland MercuryPolitics
Hello, babies! Welcome back to the Trash Report. My name is Elinor Jones. I am making this introductory paragraph short, because WOW. WHAT A WEEK. National Trash When I say “National Trash,” I am of course referring to the Republican Party, which just got tossed into the garbage can faster than Trump throws a well-done […]
Portland MercuryPolitics
CALLING ALL SMARTY BUTTS! It’s time to put that brainy-brain to the test with this edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we’ll see how much YOU know about local leaks, election losers, gorgeous bats, and that mysterious thing living inside your toilet (which, by the way, is not paying rent)! […]
KLCCPolitics
New guidelines are supposed to protect organ donors in a retrieval procedure that keeps blood flowing through livers, kidneys, lungs and hearts. But bioethicists have troubling questions.
KLCCPolitics
This is the second time Alaskans voted down an effort to repeal the state's unique election system, which voters first approved in 2020. A repeal effort in 2024 also failed narrowly.
KLCCPolitics
Gov. Tina Kotek wants Oregon lawmakers to ban new immigration detention centers, though legal experts warn federal courts have struck down similar state laws.
KLCCPolitics
New faces will soon come to Springfield City Hall. Two councilors and the mayor will soon leave the body after elections in May and November.
KATUPolitics
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is challenging Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, forcing a debate over the party’s direction, even as political experts expect Schumer to keep the post.
KATUPolitics
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted a nationwide ground stop on Friday night several hours after the agency directed airports to hold departing traffic due to "extraordinary circumstances."
The FrontierPolitics
Republicans and Democrats behind Oklahoma's new reading reforms say improving literacy will take years of monitoring results, adjusting policies and putting aside political disagreements.
The FrontierPolitics
From conditions inside Oklahoma’s largest immigration detention center to the changing federal policies affecting immigrants across the state, The Frontier is committed to following the story. Your year-end donation will help sustain that work — and will be matched through NewsMatch.
The FrontierPolitics
Political pollster Pat McFerron says Democrats benefited from a national electoral wave, but changing voting patterns in Oklahoma's largest metro areas could point to a longer-term realignment.
News 9Politics
The measure could displace nearly 80,000 people, including tens of thousands of citizens in mixed-status families, from their homes, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute.