WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Helps Introduce Legislation to Block Trump's Attack on Veterans' Access to Reproductive Health Care * PORTLAND, OR -- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and one of six pro-choice physicians in Congress, introduced the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act (link is external), alongside Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26), in resp  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter, Merkley: Congress Must Protect Farmworkers from Hazardous Wildfire Smoke, Extreme Heat * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (OR-03) today announced they introduced the Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act. The bicameral bill would put safeguards in place for farmworkers facing the dangers of wildfire smoke and extreme weat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Endangered Species Protection Sought for Rare Pacific Northwest Ice Age-Era Flower * PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Columbia yellowcress under the Endangered Species Act. Columbia yellowcress are rare flowers in the mustard family which survive in only a few dozen locations across Washi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Innovation Law Lab, Portland, Oregon, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services expressing opposition to proposed changes to the Form G-325A. The changes would significantly impact Deferred Action for children and youth granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), potentially stripping them of critical protections. In its letter, Innovation Law Lab highlighted that the termination of Deferred Action for SIJS youth would rem  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Dexter: Congress Must Protect Farmworkers from Hazardous Wildfire Smoke, Extreme Heat * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (OR-03) today announced they introduced the Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act. The bicameral bill would put safeguards in place for farmworkers facing the dangers of wildfire smoke and extreme weath  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 7 (TNSrpt) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Child care supply continues to improve in many Oregon counties, report finds CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Child care, particularly for children of preschool age, is becoming more available to Oregon families in many parts of the state, a new report by Oregon State University researchers has found. Only nine of Oregon's 36 counties are now considered preschool child care deserts, and child care supply  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Aug. 7 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * SOU announces plan to rebuild itself in response to fiscal crises Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey announced today that the university will rebuild itself as an institution with a target of a $60 million annual budget - 15% lower than its current total - in response to devastating funding trends at both the state and federal levels. The university will rely, in part, on a rarely used  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Aug. 7 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * Creative Industries project to be announced Monday Southern Oregon University will celebrate a piece of its future during an event on Monday, Aug. 11, to acknowledge the Oregon Legislature's recent approval of $40 million in capital construction bonds to update and consolidate SOU's facilities for creative industries - music, media and film. The cross-disciplinary project will transform the universi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Private Student Loan Lenders on Plans for Borrowers After Republicans Slash Access to Federal Loans * Trump's so-called "Big, Beautiful Bill" paves the way for private lenders to reap massive profits by exploiting borrowers Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues to press major private s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Private Student Loan Lenders on Plans for Borrowers After Republicans Slash Access to Federal Loans * Trump's so-called "Big, Beautiful Bill" paves the way for private lenders to reap massive profits by exploiting borrowers Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues to press major private stud  more