Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-12
Oregon Preschool Seeks Legal Protection After Father Arrested by ICE While Dropping Off Two-Year-Old News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 12, 2025 An Oregon school and two national teacher unions are seeking protection from immigration enforcement and have joined a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration. Two national teacher unions with 4.8 million members nationwide, and the Guidepost Montessori preschool and daycare in Beaverton, joined the lawsuit following the arrest and detention of an
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-15
Oregon’s Wyden Leads Charge to Ban Masks and Hidden Badges for ICE Officers Politics & Elections By Diane Megaw On Jul 15, 2025 U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill yesterday that, if passed, will force immigration enforcement officers to display clear identification during public enforcement actions. Oregon Senator Introduces Bill For ICE Officers To Have Visible ID 14 Democratic senators, including Wyden, recently wrote a letter to the Departm
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-25
Oregon to Spend $205 Million on Statewide Shelters as Trump Signs Order to ‘Get the Homeless Off Our Streets’ News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 25, 2025 Last updated Jul 25, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski As Oregon dedicates $205 million for the launch of a statewide shelter program, President Donald Trump signs an executive order to ‘get the homeless off our streets.’ President Trump Gives Local Governments the Authority to Take Ac
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-29
Oregon Sues to Stop Trump Officials From Accessing Names and Addresses of Food Stamp Recipients News By Diane Megaw On Jul 29, 2025 Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal demands to the states that they hand over the sensitive personal data of SNAP recipients. Oregon AG Files Lawsuit Against Illegal Demand For SNAP Recipients’ Personal Data A coordinated effort by the federal government to collect personal inform
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-26
Washington County Passes DEI-Free Resolution to Preserve Federal Funding for Health and Housing News By Diane Megaw On Jul 26, 2025 Last updated Jul 26, 2025 Courtesy: washingtoncountyor.gov WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — In an effort to preserve $135 million in federal funding, the Washington County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution. It approved guiding principles on Tuesday that comply with the Trump administration’s clampdown on DEI, following months of heated debate. Washing
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-20
Giving Birth in Oregon Now Costs Nearly $37K as State Ranks Among Nation’s Most Expensive Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jul 20, 2025 It costs $36,997 to give birth in Oregon, more than double the charge in Mississippi, the state with the lowest cost in the U.S. for having a baby. Oregon Is the Fourth Most Expensive State Nationwide To Give Birth Oregon is the fourth most expensive state, charging 35.27% above the national average, whereas the average cost in Mississippi is $15,606, r
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-25
Oregon Clinics Halt Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Minors as Trump Cracks Down on Trans Healthcare News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 25, 2025 Kaiser Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Oregon | Credit: M.O. Stevens Amid the threat by the U.S. Department of Justice that it will bring criminal charges against providers of gender-affirming surgeries and treatments, a hospital operating in two Oregon cities has confirmed that it will stop operating on minors from August 29. Kaiser Permanente, the no
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-27
Oregon Wins Back Millions for Schools After Attorney General Strikes Deal With Trump Administration Education By Diane Megaw On Aug 27, 2025 Corvallis High School | Courtesy: Oregon Secretary of State As many Oregon schools prepare to reopen next week, there will be relief that Attorney General Rayfield has reached an agreement with the Trump Administration in one of several multi-state lawsuits. In terms of the agreement, the full balance of education programs formerly clocked must be released.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-19
Oregon Faces $15 Million Loss in Crime Victim Aid as Trump Pressures States on Immigration News By Diane Megaw On Aug 19, 2025 Credit: Joe Gratz Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a multi-state lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s attempts to impose illegal conditions on grants under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) yesterday, following the administration’s threats to cut off funding- unless states agree to assist with federal immigration enforcement efforts. Oregon Op
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-19
Oregon Senator Questions Trump’s Move to End Vote by Mail After Putin Meeting Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Aug 19, 2025 Last updated Aug 19, 2025 Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is taken aback by President Donald Trump accepting advice from the Russian President on how to run U.S. elections. Trump Plans to Stop Mail-In Voting Wyden was reacting to a statement by President Trump that he plans to stop mail-in voting, a system which made Oregon the first state in the country to a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-17
Judge Rules Portland Not Liable for Noise Complaints From ICE Protest Encampment Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Aug 17, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A handful of people, protesting the Trump administration’s immigration laws, who are camped outside the ICE facility in Portland, were instrumental in a lawsuit filed by a resident to force the City of Portland to enforce noise pollution measures. However, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit complaining about the loud noise made by protester
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-25
Oregon’s Agate Beach Ranks Among America’s Dirtiest in New Bacteria Study News By Diane Megaw On Jul 25, 2025 Agate Beach, Oregon | Credit: Visitor7 In a recent Tideschart study analyzing the levels of the bacteria Enterococcus on American beaches, the California coast was found to be the dirtiest, with seven beaches exceeding safe levels. Oregon’s Agate Beach State Wayside ranked 7th out of the top 10 most contaminated beaches. Beaches with The Highest Levels Of Bacteria The Tidesc
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-22
Oregon Sues to Block Federal Crackdown on Safety Net Services for Immigrant Communities News By Diane Megaw On Jul 22, 2025 Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a 21-member coalition of attorneys general yesterday in a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump Administration’s federal restrictions on public benefits in an unlawful attempt to restrict access to critical health, education, and social service programs. Oregon Joins Coalition Challenging Trump Administration Federal Restricti
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-20
A Line in Trump’s Bill Derails Project to Restore Portland’s Lower Albina Corridor News By Diane Megaw On Jul 20, 2025 Portland City Hall - Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski PORTLAND, Ore. — A planned makeover of over 20 blocks of Portland’s Broadway and Weidler streets was stymied by a minor provision in President Donald Trump’s policy bill rescinding “unobligated balances” of a federal initiative known as the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant program. A street makeover along North
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-31
Oregon Sues Trump Administration Over Medicaid Ban Targeting Planned Parenthood News By Diane Megaw On Jul 31, 2025 Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a coalition comprising attorneys general from 22 States and Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, suing the Trump Administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding. Oregon Joins Lawsuit To Overturn Trump’s Planned Parenthood Funding Block The sweeping budget reconciliation law (a.k.a “One Big Beautiful Bil
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-22
Oregon Moves to Block Trump From Deploying State National Guard Without Permission Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Jun 22, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski In the wake of President Donald Trump’s actions in Los Angeles, where he deployed the National Guard to contain protesters, lawmakers from the Oregon House of Representatives have passed a bill to stop him from ordering the state’s National Guard to act as law enforcemen
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-18
Oregon Lawmakers Move to Block Trump-Style Military Deployments on State Soil News By Diane Megaw On Jun 18, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Following President Donald Trump’s federalization of the National Guard in California in response to protests in Los Angeles, three Oregon lawmakers introduced a bill to strengthen state oversight. The three lawmakers- all Democrats, are seeking to limit when and how the Oregon National Guard can be
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-31
Oregon Sends Fire Crews to Canada Amid Rising Wildfire Threats News By Diane Megaw On May 31, 2025 Last updated May 31, 2025 The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) deployed 14 firefighters to help fight fires in Alberta, Canada, yesterday. In the past, Oregon has called on its out-of-state partners to send resources when wildfires here exceeded local and state response capacity. For example, in 2024, ODF received firefighters and equipment from approximately 21 states, provinces, and territorie
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-17
Trump Administration Axes $45 Million Microfluidics Research Grant at Oregon State University Education By Lucille McNamara On May 17, 2025 Oregon State University | Credit: saml123 In another telling blow to the tech community, the Trump administration this week canceled funding of $45 million to Oregon State University that would have financed research into microfluidics. Microfluidics is the study and application of manipulating and controlling fluids at a microscopic scale, dealing with minu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-25
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act Spells Less to Eat for Hundreds of Thousands of Oregonians News By Lucille McNamara On May 25, 2025 Credit: born1945 The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act that will cut funding of food benefits to more than 750,000 Oregonians was narrowly adopted by one vote in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. The Bill Cuts Benefits to Low-Income Families and Individuals If passed by the U.S. Senate, the nationwide legislation will cut supplementary benefits