Say It Is So, Joe: California To Reject Cancer Warning To Coffee DrinkersCalifornia officials, having concluded coffee drinking is not risky, are proposing a regulation that will essentially tell consumers they can drink without fear. If the regulation is adopted, it would... Read More
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Ore. Lawmakers Press ICE on Sheridan Detainees' RightsSens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., demanded Monday that the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs ... Read More
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One state’s plan to save a protected species is to kill another speciesFor years, hundreds of California sea lions have colonized the docks in the Oregon port town of Astoria, their loafing brown bodies serving as both a tourist attraction and a nuisance begrudgingly tol... Read More
Immigration
Oregon Lawmakers Demand Immigration Detainees Have Access To LawyersCongressional Democrats from Oregon said on Monday they are fearful that immigration detainees being held in a federal prison in Sheridan do not have access to lawyers for advice on their civil immigr... Read More
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Editorial: Sea lions expose conflicts in environmental lawsIt must have been quite a sight. As U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader tells the story in his latest newsletter, he and representatives of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife were at Willamette Falls, whe... Read More
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Editorial: Letter Raises Good Questions About Detroit ProjectIn the wake of last week's algae bloom at Detroit Reservoir — and the subsequent advisory from city of Salem officials about cyanotoxins in the city's drinking water — members of Oregon's congression... Read More
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As Salem Recovers From Algal Boom At Detroit Lake, Officials Also Worry About Dam ProjectAs Salem was dealing with a water emergency, thanks to unsafe levels of toxins released during an algal bloom at Detroit Lake, three Oregon congressmen sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer... Read More
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In Our View: Time to Act on Sea LionsThe tally doesn’t look good for steelhead and salmon on the Columbia River. Last year, sea lions devoured an estimated 9 percent of steelhead and 5 percent of spring chinook trying to make their way u... Read More
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Officials Ask Corps To Reconsider Detroit Dam ProjectOregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, plus U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, are asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider its plans to build a water temperature mixing tower at Detroit Reservoi... Read MoreFamily Of Injured Gay Passenger Doesn’t Believe AmtrakThere’s a story the late comedian Richard Pryor told in the film “Live on the Sunset Strip” about how his wife caught him with another woman. He insists nothing is going on, asking her: “Who you gonna... Read More |