WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Reveals Critical Flaws in More Blue State Lawfare Against President Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order * America First Legal (AFL) has uncovered new records showing that multiple states currently suing the Trump Administration may lack evidence to support their allegations in their lawsuit challenging President Trump's Executive Order 14 more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Stands With the American People and the Trump Administration, Files Brief Defending President Trump's Authority to Federalize the Oregon National Guard * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit defending President Trump's constitutional an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Kenji Sugahara, CEO of Ariascend, Newberg, Oregon, submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regarding the proposed rule to normalize beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The executive expressed appreciation for the FAA's intent but warned that the proposed Part 108 could inadvertently ground or delay many safe, established, and mission-critical oper more ST

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 9 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news: * * * Vapes of Wrath: Fighting E-Cigarette Censorship at the Oregon Supreme Court All business owners have the right -- and the need -- to communicate truthfully with their customers. But even though the vaping products that business owner Paul Bates sells are perfectly legal, the Oregon government prohibits him from accurately describing them to the adults who shop at his Portland store. That's government censors more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Illinois, Oregon, & California Senators Issue Warning About Trump's Dangerous, Unconstitutional Deployments of National Guard Troops into Their States * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - The six United States Senators representing states that Donald Trump has sought to force National Guard deployments to, against state and local officials' objections, without any coordination and in the absence of adequate justifi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Illinois, Oregon, & California Senators Issue Warning About Trump's Dangerous, Unconstitutional Deployments of National Guard Troops into Their States * October 07, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - The six United States Senators representing states that Donald Trump has sought to force National Guard deployments to, against state and local officials' objections, without any coordination and in the abs more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Law Enforcement Drone Association (LEDA), Portland, Oregon, has submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) addressing the recently proposed rulemaking titled "Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations." In its letter, LEDA emphasizes the critical role drones play in public safety operations and expresses concerns that evolving regulations could hin more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Leads Senators to Call for Removal of Political Propaganda from Federal Agency Websites and Communication Channels * Washington, D.C. - As the Trump Administration blatantly tries to weaponize federal funding and misuse official government communications channels for partisan propaganda purposes, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island's U.S. Senator Jack Reed, both senior members  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 8 [Category: Sociological] (TNSrpt) -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * News Alert: New Report Warns Afghanistan's Water Crisis is Spreading Beyond Kabul Amid Mass Returns * KABUL - Afghanistan is on the brink of a nationwide water emergency as millions of forcibly returned Afghans from Iran and Pakistan strain fragile water systems, a new Mercy Corps report warns. Crisis Compounded: Afghanistan's Returnees Face an Escalating Water Emergency rev more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Schiff, Padilla, Illinois, Oregon Senators Warn Against Trump's Illegal Deployments of National Guard Troops to Their States * Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) -- the six Senators representing states that Donald Trump has sought to force unlawf more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 8 (TNSrep) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Oregon State University research enterprise tops $400M for second straight year Despite a federal funding landscape that underwent rapid change, Oregon State University eclipsed the $400 million mark in research expenditures for the second consecutive year in fiscal year 2025 while advancing knowledge in areas ranging from energy solutions and precision medicine to environmental resilience,  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 9 -- Oregon Public Broadcasting issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * New season of OPB's hit investigative podcast 'Hush' explores an enduring Oregon mystery while probing the role and reality of 'true crime' The hit investigative podcast "Hush," produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), returns today to all podcast platforms with a new season that examines a young woman's unexplained death just steps from her front door in rural Oregon, as well  more PR