Andy Chandler of NW Fresh interviewed Will Lathrop who is running for Oregon Attorney General. Will Lathrop is an experienced prosecutor of child and human trafficking crimes. Learn more about Will Lathrop at his website: https://willlathrop.com/
Gov. Tina Kotek’s behavioral health director is resigning, making her the sixth staffer to leave the administration in the past five months. Juliana Wallace, who was hired last August to oversee the governor’s behavioral health initiatives, regularly met with Kotek’s spouse, Aimee Kotek Wilson. In Wallace’s resignation letter, first reported by Willamette Week, she said it was a long journey …
(The Center Square) – The Liberty Justice Center recently filed a First Amendment lawsuit against a school district in Oregon on behalf of a high school track and field coach who the district fired for proposing an open division for male athletes who identify as transgender, according to a press release from the organization. The Lake Oswego School Board fired …
The uncertainty over whether President Joe Biden will run for reelection is over. Whether he’ll be able to complete his first term in office is still up in the air. I’m not that old but I do have a “Hey, where’s the remote control?” moments now and then. I don’t like the uncertainly of knowing whether Biden ever has “Hey, …
(The Center Square) – The Larch Creek Fire has expanded to 9,100 acres in size and jumped Highway 197, forcing the highway’s closure. The human-caused fire that’s burning in Wasco County began on Tuesday afternoon near Friend, Oregon, and quickly expanded, according to KATU. The wind and high temperatures have posed a challenge to firefighters responding to the fire. Local firefighters are receiving help from task forces from Clackamas, …
U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is working to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States. By U.S. Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer,Press Release, This week, Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) introduced the bipartisan Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act. This bill would increase funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), helping provide them with …
(The Center Square) – A man from Bend, Oregon, received a federal prison sentence last week for possessing 20 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. 1,420 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a compartment underneath the floor of a tractor trailer full of watermelons. Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Isaac Kitashima, 48, got a nine-year federal prison sentence …
(The Center Square) – Oregon will get $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes funding from the federal government this year. Since local governments cannot tax federal lands, the federal government provides them with PILT payments to help cover costs associated with maintaining federal land. “Public lands are a treasure in rural Oregon, but they must not prevent communities from having …
Democrats will look you straight in the eye and tell you that Oregon’s economy is booming. Why? A rosy economic forecast helps them justify astronomical government spending, minimizes the possibility of returning another massive kicker tax refund to Oregonians and ultimately makes it easier for them to stay in power. I’ll explain how as we dig into Oregon’s June economic …
By Rep. Dwayne Yunker The media really want us to believe some whoppers. Recently in California, a man was arrested for allegedly eating a train crash victim’s severed leg. A news story catchline described the man as a “hungry passerby.” In this case, the journalist was just trying to be funny. I think. But misleading catchlines are no joke. Oregon’s …