For the second time this week, the Justice Department is challenging an order from a judge in Oregon that limits when federal officers can use crowd control weapons outside the Portland ICE facility – a site of frequent protests. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports.

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Congress is considering a bill that would effectively ban mail- in voting in states like Oregon and add new ID requirements experts say could make it far harder to register to vote.

The federal government has ordered a coal-burning power plant in Centralia [sen-TRAIL-ee-uh] to stay open another ninety [90] days.

This is the second emergency order the Trump administration has issued to keep the TransAlta plant open.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is pausing the previous administration's efforts to rollout Microsoft’s AI Copilot chatbot across the city..

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford has more.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is straying from her predecessor’s artificial intelligence plans…. and **pausing** the citywide rollout of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence Copilot Chatbot to city employees….

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford has more

Parents are protesting the potential closure of co-operative preschools at community colleges across the state.

Going into the just-concluded legislative session... Washington state lawmakers had the Trump administration on their minds.

State Government Reporter Sarah Mizes-tan [MYE-zehz tan] reports, Governor Bob Ferguson has begun signing legislation meant to counter federal actions.

Oregon legislators have passed a bill to keep Bay Area Hospital in compliance with a large loan from a Canadian bank.

Oregon legislators have passed a bill to shore up Bay Area Hospital’s finances. As Jefferson Public Radio’s Justin Higginbottom reports, the Coos Bay facility risked a drastic cut to services.

A suspect accused of fatally shooting two Seattle-area high school students has been arrested.