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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek issued an executive order today/Thursday in an effort to keep schools from cutting instructional time as a way to save money. Elizabeth Miller has details.

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The top four Republicans hoping to be Oregon’s next governor shared a stage last night ((THURS)) in Hillsboro.

Traffic collisions keep hurting too many people on Seattle streets. And city leaders are calling for an audit of a program to eliminate all traffic deaths, called Vision Zero. KUOW’s Anna Boiko-Weyrauch [ANN-uh BOY-koh WHY-rock] reports

[Wrap: Judge sends WA sheriffs' lawsuit to Thurston County

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Intro: Sheriffs in Washington are asking the courts to pause a new law, before they file for office in early May.

Intro: Sheriffs in Washington are asking the courts to pause a new law, before they file for office in early May.]

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Oregon schools have some of the shortest school years in the country - with some districts having far less instructional time than others..

A legal challenge to Washington’s new law that requires police chiefs and sheriffs to be certified police officers has been moved to a Thurston County court.

Congresswoman Kim Schrier is pushing back against the Trump administration’s move to reopen the state’s only coal-fired power plant.

KUOW’s Noel Gasca has more.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has vetoed a bill that would have changed state public meetings law. Alex Zielinski has more.

[CC: Sheriffs legal challenges to new law will be heard in Thurston County, WA.

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The sheriffs challenging a new state law will have two lawsuits brought together in Thurston County.

That’s the ruling this afternoon by a judge in Pend Oreilles [pon dur RAY] county in northeast Washington, who declined their request to put the new law on hold.]

A new exhibit at the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History highlights cultures that have impacted the United States. As KLCC’s Macy Moore reports, it’s meant as a celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary: [SOQ 0:50]