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Pacific Legal Foundation California 8/10 ?

The Docket: July 31, 2026

The Docket is PLF's weekly newsletter covering the cases, clients, and policy battles shaping the future of liberty in America. You can catch up on last week's Docket here and subscribe below to recei...

2026-08-01

Washington Policy Center Washington 8/10 ?

Wanted: Large animal vets to fill vacancies in WA

By Pam LewisonIn the dim glow of a yard light and the bright glare of a flashlight, an FFA advisor, an aunt, a mom, a grandma, and a teenager cleaned up the remnants of tailgate veterinary medicine. A...

2026-07-31

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Lars Larson: Truth on Oregon wildfires

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The Northwest Nonsense If you’re choking on the smoke of Northwest wildfires like my family and I have been, the story only gets worse when you take a close ...

2026-07-31

Washington Policy Center Washington 8/10 ?

How to learn about judicial candidates

We asked former Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge to write a short guide to studying the judges on the ballot, how to ask key questions and make a choice not just for candidates for the top court bu...

2026-07-30

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Owen v. Askew: Social Media Defamation Case Moves Forward

Kursten Owen, an Oregonian trying to sell a certain kind of hair clip online, faced a massive digital intimidation campaign from Breana Askew, a resident of Georgia who believed Owen was selling knock...

2026-07-31

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Naked man was released early from jail before kidnapping

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Portland police arrested a naked man accused of trying to kidnap a 7-year-old girl from Tom McCall Waterfront Park, according to KPTV.com. Court records ...

2026-07-31

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Rep. Breese-Iverson: Fair Federal Wildfire Funding

Reps. Levy, Breese-Iverson Call for Fair Federal Wildfire Funding for All Oregon Communities By Oregon State Representative Vicki Breese-Iverson & State Representative Emerson Levy, While some fires i...

2026-07-31

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Homeless man builds huge 2-story house

By NW Spotlight, Independent journalist and homeless advocate Kevin Dahlgren shows a video fo a homeless man building a two-story home.  View the post below, then follow Dahlgren and financially suppo...

2026-07-30

Oregon Catalyst Oregon 8/10 ?

Portland’s War on Cars 1: Losing the War on the Automobile

by Randal O’Toole Editor’s note: This is part 1 in a series “Portland’s War on Cars” from a new Report by the Cascade Policy Institute, The Portland Transportation Disaster: The High Cost of Anti Auto...

2026-07-30