Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-25
Oregon Sues Trump Administration for Quietly Slashing Billions in Promised Federal Grants News By Diane Megaw On Jun 25, 2025 A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, is suing the Trump Administration over its indiscriminate, unprecedented, and unlawful attempts to invoke a single provision in the federal regulations to erode billions of dollars in critical federal funding for states and other grantees. Oregon Joins Lawsuit To Limit Trump Admini
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-24
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration Threat to Strip Oregon of Sanctuary Funds News By Lucille McNamara On Aug 24, 2025 Last updated Aug 24, 2025 The Trump administration’s threat of withholding federal funds from sanctuary states, counties, and cities shielding ‘illegal aliens from deportation’ has been dismissed by a federal judge. On Friday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick extended a preliminary injunction that blocks the government from imposing funding freezes or setting conditions
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-24
Oregon Secretary of State Refuses to Give Trump Administration Sensitive Voter Details Amid DOJ Pressure Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Aug 24, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon’s Secretary of State (SoS) has refused to provide President Donald Trump’s administration lawyers with personal information about state voters. Lawyers Told They Can Obtain a Copy of Public Records Available to Anyone for $500 Instead,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-16
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi Warns Oregon Sanctuary Policies Could Violate Immigration Laws News By Lucille McNamara On Aug 16, 2025 United States Attorney General Pam Bondi | Credit: Gage Skidmore Oregon is reeling after the most recent development to ‘eradicate sanctuary policies’ by the U.S. Attorney General, Pamela Bondi. Posting on X, Bondi states that ‘any sanctuary jurisdiction that continues to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens can either come to the table or see us in
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-16
Medford Economic Analysis Forecasts 22 Percent Job Growth and Need for 600 Acres of Land News By Diane Megaw On Aug 16, 2025 Medford Oregon at Night. | Credit: Jim Craven | Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Inc. (SOREDI) on Facebook. MEDFORD, Ore. — After receiving input from several sectors, the City of Medford released a draft of its new Economic Opportunity Analysis (EOA) that reflects a significant update to its long-range economic policies, using projected steady job growth and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-24
Kotek’s Plan Would Raise Gas Tax and DMV Fees to Keep Oregon’s Transportation Network Running Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jul 24, 2025 Tilikum Crossing in Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregonian motorists will feel the pinch if state Governor Tina Kotek’s proposals to raise funds to finance the transportation network are passed at a special legislative session at the end of August. Gas Will Cost 6 Cents More Per Gallon Motorists will pay six cents more per gallon more
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-15
Oregon Sues to Stop Trump’s Surprise Education Grant Freeze That Could Paralyze Schools News By Diane Megaw On Jul 15, 2025 Following the Trump administration’s unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary freezing of $6.8 billion in education grants just weeks before the school year starts, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a 21-member coalition of attorneys general seeking to prevent educational programs that are now at risk of being paralyzed. Attorneys General Sue Trump O
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-16
ICE Locked Up Trans Woman From Portland Immigration Court but Oregon Judge Calls It Abuse of Power News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 16, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio has ordered the immediate release of a transgender Mexican woman who is in solitary confinement for her personal safety after she was admitted by ICE agents to a men’s detention center in Tacoma. Judge Rules Her Detention Illegal The Judge said the 24-year-old woman, identified only as O-J-M, had been mi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-09
Federal Lawsuit From Oregon Athletes Seeks to Bar Transgender Competitors From Girls’ Sports News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 9, 2025 Three Oregon high school track and field athletes have filed a federal lawsuit calling for transgender students to be banned from all future girls’ events in the state, and to strip them of all sports records previously earned in girls’ competitions. Governor Named as a Defendant as Functional Head of the Oregon Department of Education They have named as def
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-13
Multnomah County Sues to Stop Trump From Slashing Millions in Homelessness and Transit Aid News By Diane Megaw On Jul 13, 2025 MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — The Multnomah County Board joined 60 other local governments in their challenge against the Trump Administration’s federal grant restrictions associated with DEI and sanctuary policies on Thursday. If the initiatives arising from President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting threats to cut federal funding due to immigration and diversity, e
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-10
Portland Risks Losing $100 Million in Federal Funds Over Refusal to Drop DEI Programs News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 10, 2025 FILE - Portland City Hall | Photo by Seth Smigelski PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland could lose $100 million in annual federal funding if it fails to eliminate some of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies and programs demanded by the Trump Administration. The City Cannot Certify Compliance City Administrator Michael Jordan was advised by attorneys not to s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-18
Oregon Moves to Stop Trump-Backed Rule That Risks Insurance Loss for 1.8 Million Americans News By Diane Megaw On Jul 18, 2025 Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. June 15, 2024 | Credit: Gage Skidmore Oregon joined a multistate coalition lawsuit challenging a new Trump Administration rule that would make it harder for Americans to access health coverage under the ACA. The Trump Administrat
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-04
Trump’s Massive Tax Bill Threatens Food and Health Benefits for Over 700,000 in Oregon News By Diane Megaw On Jul 4, 2025 Following the passage of President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax bill yesterday, which includes $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamp programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Oregon Governor Tina Kotek held a media conference in which she criticized the bill. Kotek Criticizes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful BillR
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-23
Oregon-Led Coalition Secures Court Order Halting Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Education Department News By Diane Megaw On May 23, 2025 A successful lawsuit, which included Oregon in a 21-state coalition of attorneys general seeking an injunction to stop the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Education Department (ED), concluded yesterday with an injunction barring the defendants from implementing President Trump’s March 20 and March 21 Executive Orders (EOs) and reinstatin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-10
Oregon Joins Lawsuit to Stop Trump from Redistributing Illegal Machine Gun Conversion Devices Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Jun 10, 2025 Last updated Jun 10, 2025 Credit: Joe Gratz Yesterday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today indicated that the state joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, specifically the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) , over plans to distribute thousands of machine gun conversio
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-22
Oregon’s Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Authority to Impose Tariffs Without Congressional Approval Top Stories By Diane Megaw On May 22, 2025 Last updated May 22, 2025 A joint motion by the attorneys general of 12 states is being argued in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York City. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield presented Oregon’s Tariff Lawsuit in the motion for a preliminary injunction to stop President Donald Trump’s ‘illegal tariffs’ yesterday. O
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-16
Oregon Fights Trump’s Order Denying Citizenship to U.S.-Born Children of Non-Green Card Holders News By Diane Megaw On May 16, 2025 On his first day back at the White House, January 20, Trump signed his first Executive Order (EO), which directed federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of U.S.-born children without at least one parent who is a green card holder. Trump’s Executive Order Sparks Constitutional Debate A coalition of 22 attorneys general, including Oregon Attorn
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-26
Oregon Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Threat to Cut K-12 School Funding Over DEI Programs Education By Diane Megaw On Apr 26, 2025 Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the state has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in a lawsuit filed that challenges the US Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-1
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-30
Oregon’s Booming Export Market Braces for a Grim Future Under Trump’s Tariff Overhaul Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Apr 30, 2025 FILE - Downtown Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon is among only 11 states nationwide that operate with a trade surplus. However, the Trump administration’s introduction of radical tariff hikes, followed by shifts in trade policy, is creating rising uncertainties. Oregon’s Strategic Position on the Pacific Rim is Increasingly at Risk Its stra
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-10
Oregon Challenges Trump’s “Energy Emergency” Executive Order That Benefits Big Oil Donors News By Diane Megaw On May 10, 2025 Last updated May 10, 2025 Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. June 15, 2024 | Credit: Gage Skidmore The Oregon Attorney General (AG), Dan Rayfield, has joined a 15-AG coalition in a lawsuit that seeks to have President Trump’s executive order (EO) declar