Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-23
Oregon Somali Leaders Push Back After Trump’s Remarks and Targeted Immigration Crackdown News By Lucille McNamara On Dec 23, 2025 Friday, September 26th, 2025 - Trump takes questions in Oval Office. Somali Oregonians are not defined by the insults of President Donald Trump, says former Somali refugee and Senate Majority Leader Kayse Jama (D-E Portland, Boring & Damascus). He was responding to the Trump administration’s intensive immigration enforcement operation targeting Somalians in Minnea
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-23
Oregon Sues to Stop Trump From Defunding Consumer Watchdog That Returned Billions to Americans News By Diane Megaw On Dec 23, 2025 Last updated Dec 23, 2025 In a lawsuit to protect critical consumer protection efforts against the Trump Administration’s latest salvo- to completely defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)- Oregon led a coalition of attorneys general to prevent the agency from running out of money in January 2026. Tidings Data Snapshot CFPB track record / Oregon
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-22
Oregon Braces for Labor Disruptions as Trump Plans Aggressive 2026 Immigration Raids and Record ICE Funding Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Dec 22, 2025 Last updated Dec 22, 2025 FILE - Ranch Land in Southern Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Despite falling ratings, President Trump has a more aggressive immigration crackdown planned for 2026, with billions earmarked for ICE and Border Patrol. Farmworkers are fearing the worst. Trump Has Vigorous 2026 Immigration Enforcement Plans With Billi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-21
Oregon Could Lose Crucial Weather Forecasting Data as Trump Moves to Dismantle Atmospheric Research Center Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Dec 21, 2025 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado | Credit: Thomson M In the newest round of research defunding, the Trump Administration took aim at the Atmospheric Research Center and plans to migrate the research to another agency. The Trump Administration Wants to Dismantle “Climate Alarmist” Atmospheric Re
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-21
Oregon Loses Nearly 10,000 Manufacturing Jobs Despite Incentives as Tariffs Fuel a Growing Factory Slowdown News By Lucille McNamara On Dec 21, 2025 Last updated Dec 21, 2025 Despite huge state incentives to attract the manufacturing sector to Oregon, the state has shed nearly 10,000 factory jobs in the last 12 months. While the semiconductor industry may not be the largest in the number of people it employs, it is the biggest in dollar value, and has been steadily culling its workforce over the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-21
Oregon National Guard Troops Stuck in Limbo After Conflicting Court Rulings on Trump Deployment News By Diane Megaw On Nov 21, 2025 Oregon National Guard troops had begun demobilizing after Judge Immergut blocked Trump’s deployment , but the recent 9th Circuit Court ruling temporarily staying the district court’s November 7 permanent injunction has left the troops in limbo. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said, “I continue to demand that President Trump call off this ridiculous, unnecessary mil
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-22
Oregon Sues Federal Government to Return Lifesaving Coast Guard Helicopter to Newport News By Diane Megaw On Nov 22, 2025 After the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of a proposal to lease the Newport Municipal Airport, potentially as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, the Coast Guard’s Newport helicopter, removed by the federal government, has yet to be returned, putting fishermen at risk. A lawsuit has been filed for the return of the chopper. ODOF Launch
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-29
Federal Appeals Court Revisits Trump’s Attempt To Deploy National Guard in Portland News By Diane Megaw On Oct 29, 2025 Last updated Oct 29, 2025 Credit: Joe Gratz The judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted Tuesday night to have an 11-member panel consider whether President Trump can legally deploy the National Guard in Portland after Trump’s appeal against the second Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in Oregon’s lawsuit failed. What Happened So Far In Trump’s Oregon Natio
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-28
Oregon Officials Demand USDA Action to Safeguard SNAP Benefits During Shutdown News By Bernadette Obrien On Oct 28, 2025 Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon elected officials sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the agency to take immediate action to ensure that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue after the Trump administration posted a notice that no federal food aid will go out on November 1. Governor Kotek Demands Immediate
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-29
‘People Need to Eat’: Oregon Sues Trump Administration for Halting Food Assistance During Shutdown News By Diane Megaw On Oct 29, 2025 Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and three governors in a lawsuit yesterday against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for unlawfully suspending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. Oregon Sues Trump Administration Over SNAP Suspen
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-30
Oregon Declares Statewide Food Emergency as Federal SNAP Funding Runs Out News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 30, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has declared a 60-day food security emergency, following President Donald Trump’s announcement that SNAP benefits will not be available in November because of the government shutdown. A lack of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding will affect 757,000 Or
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-16
Oregon Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Portland Troop Plan for Another Two Weeks News By Diane Megaw On Oct 16, 2025 Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon The Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), granted by U.S. District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut earlier this month t o block President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, was extended by another 14 days yesterday. Judge Immergut initially granted the TRO after noting that the Trump administration lacked legal justification to mobilize t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-13
Portland Moves to Protect Sanctuary Status and Bar City Police From Federal Cooperation News By Diane Megaw On Oct 13, 2025 FILE - Portland City Hall | Photo by Seth Smigelski Portland city councilors proposed a sweeping directive in a resolution that includes measures to address the deployment of federal troops to the city that President Trump claims is a war zone, despite conditions on the ground showing otherwise. The resolution , co-sponsored by Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney, and Cou
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-10
Kristi Noem Accuses Oregon Leaders of Lying and Promises More Troops in Portland Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Oct 10, 2025 Kristi Noem | Credit: Gage Skidmore U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who visited Portland on Tuesday, said yesterday that DHS will “double down” on troops and add more ICE facilities in Portland after state and local leaders, whom Noem accused of lying, rejected her demands. Kirsti Noem Threatens To Send More Troops To Portland & Accuses
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-09
Court Keeps Oregon National Guard Federalized but Blocks Trump From Deploying Troops Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Oct 9, 2025 Last updated Oct 9, 2025 Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon The Ninth Circuit federal appeals court temporarily gave the federal government control over Oregon National Guard troops on Wednesday, but affirmed the block on their deployment inside the state. Latest News On Oregon National Guard In Court After the Oregon Governor sent National Guard Troops home , a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-08
Appellate Court to Decide Tomorrow Whether Trump Can Send the National Guard Into Portland News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 8, 2025 Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon The 9 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to consider a federal government request to delay an order by an Oregon judge that bars President Donald Trump from sending the National Guard into Portland. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) to be heard remotely. However, a three-judge panel could choose to
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-07
Oregon Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Right-Wing Journalist Nick Sortor After ICE Protest Arrest News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 7, 2025 Free speech does not justify criminal conduct, Senior Oregon Deputy District Attorney, dismissing a charge of second-degree disorderly conduct against right-wing social media influencer and journalist, Nick Sortor. Sortor (27) was arrested outside the ICE detention center in South Portland last Thursday, together with two left-wing immigration law protesters.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-07
Oregon Races to Save Solar and Wind Investments Before Federal Tax Credits Expire Environment By Lucille McNamara On Oct 7, 2025 Courtesy: www.ashland-solar.coop Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order yesterday in response to the Trump Administration taking action to impede the development of renewable solar and wind energy resources. Kotek was reacting to the federal budget reconciliation bill adopted by Congress, which eliminates clean electricity production and investment tax cr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-06
Oregon and California Unite to Stop Trump’s National Guard Push Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Oct 6, 2025 Friday, September 26th, 2025 - Trump takes questions in Oval Office. Retaliating to Saturday’s court ruling barring President Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland, which he described as “war-ravaged,” Trump deployed 300 California National Guard members to Oregon. In a new court ruling on Sunday, the same judge halted any federalization, reloca
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-05
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Seize Control of the Oregon National Guard Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Oct 5, 2025 Friday, September 26th, 2025 - Trump takes questions in Oval Office. Federal Judge Immergut ruled in favor of Oregon on Saturday, granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Trump Administration, effectively stopping them from federalizing the Oregon National Guard for 14 days. Oregon National Guard Deployment By Trump Stopped By Judge In the lawsuit fi