by Alex Brown, Washington State StandardMarch 5, 2026 Oregon lawmakers have voted to increase the state’s lodging tax in order to help fund wildlife conservation. The tax increase passed the state Senate on Wednesday in […]
by Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital ChronicleMarch 5, 2026 Oregon state senators on Thursday gutted this year’s legislation to bolster the rollout of a 2022 voter-approved gun control law currently being litigated, despite Democrats expending significant […]
House Republicans say a bill giving Washington’s attorney general broader investigative authority raises serious concerns about government overreach. John Sattgast reports from Olympia. The bill grants the state attorney general sweeping investigative powers, including the ability […]
Lawmakers: “The government has left the American people vulnerable and in the dark.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, today called on a federal watchdog agency to investigate whether the federal […]
Anthropic Reportedly Requested Protections Against Its AI being Used for Mass Surveillance of Americans Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden questioned four major American artificial intelligence companies about their government contracts, after the Defense Department […]
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