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Experts predict demand for electricity in the Northwest to grow at least 3% per year until 2034.
Robert Zullo
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States Newsroom
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Demand for electricity in Northwest projected to grow 30% in decade, triple previous estimates
Alex Baumhardt
Electricity demand in the Northwest is expected to grow more than 30% in the next decade, or about 5% more than estimated last year and triple the prediction three years ago, industry experts said in a new report.
FILE - Kelsey Juliana, of Eugene, Ore., a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse, June 4, 2019, in Portland, Ore. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government's role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.
Andrew Selsky
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AP
Law and Justice
Appeals court rejects climate change lawsuit by young Oregon activists against US government
Gene Johnson
An officer fires “impact munitions” into a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA during the early morning of May 2, 2024, as police cleared an encampment that protesters had refused to vacate.
Screenshot via a video by Sergio Olmos
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CalMatters
Politics & Government
36 hours at UCLA protests: From late-night violence to police clearing pro-Palestine camps
CalMatters Staff
Iron Gate dam on May 1, 2024.
Juliet Grable
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JPR
Environment, Energy and Transportation
The Klamath River’s Iron Gate comes down, one scoop at a time
Juliet Grable
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OREGON NEWS >
Oregon State University in Corvallis is one of the most expensive public four-years in the state to attend. The university, along with the six other public universities in the Oregon, is raising tuition for students next year.
Maia Insinga
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Oregon State University
Education
Tuition to rise again at Oregon’s seven public universities
Alex Baumhardt
Oregon’s public four-years already charge some of the highest tuition and fee rates among public universities in the West.
Aimee Kotek Wilson, left, and her wife, Oregon’s Gov.-elect Tina Kotek, arrive at the press conference. “I know that we can make things better, fix things, come together,” Kotek said at her first press conference following the election.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Politics & Government
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek apologizes, walks back plan to expand her wife’s role in administration
Dirk VanderHart, Lauren Dake
Nurses at Providence Newburg Medical Center picketing on March 18, 2024.
Oregon Nurses Association
Labor & Employment
Providence Medford nurses stage informational picket campaign during contract negotiations
Jane Vaughan
FILE: Coos Bay Harbor Entrance Viewpoint, near the Charleston Marina, where potential floating offshore wind turbines might someday be seen. Photographed on Dec. 7, 2023.
Monica Samayoa
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Federal agency announces next steps for Southern Oregon offshore wind energy
Monica Samayoa
Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin chairs a hearing in the Oregon Legislature on Sept. 28, 2023.
Ben Botkin
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Law and Justice
Facing a class-action lawsuit, Oregon DHS subpoenas senator’s emails before she testifies
Ben Botkin
CALIFORNIA NEWS >
Donna Yutzy cleans the gutters of her home from flammable debris in the Magalia area of Butte County on Nov. 4, 2023. State law prohibits the use of landscaping plants and any flammable materials within a five-foot radius of the house.
Manuel Orbegozo
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CalMatters
Wildfire
Californians are protecting themselves from wildfire. Why is there still an insurance crisis?
Levi Sumagaysay
Lawmakers want mitigation measures to be tracked, updated and accounted for to help insurance availability and affordability.
A bill before the California Legislature would give the attorney general oversight of large private equity transactions in health care. Here, a patient room sits in the emergency room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Health and Medicine
Doctors vs. hospitals: A bid to regulate hedge funds is dividing California medical groups
Ryan Sabalow
Late at night, a group of police in black riot gear stand in a group on the street, right underneath a streetlamp.
Kelby McIntosh
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JPR News
Politics & Government
Police arrest protesters at Cal Poly Humboldt, campus remains closed
Roman Battaglia
A vending machine in the lobby of the Clackamas County Jail dispenses free opioid overdose reversal kits to the public.
Ben Botkin
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Health and Medicine
California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug
Adam Beam
California's Office of Health Care Affordability handed down a regulation that aims to limit rising health care costs by capping industry spending increases. Here, a nurse checks on a patient in the emergency room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023.
Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Health and Medicine
A new California rule tries to hold down your health care costs. Here’s how it works
Kristen Hwang
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