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When the North Medford High School gym roof collapsed back in February, many people assumed that was because of the snow. At the time, the roof was carrying almost 700,000 pounds of it.

The price tag for a major highway project in Portland’s Rose Quarter is going up. It’s now expected to top $2 billion dollars. Dirk VanderHart reports.

The Washington state attorney general launched another lawsuit against the Trump administration today [FRI].

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and 14 other attorneys general today [FRI] filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration.

As SPR’s Owen Henderson reports, the suit focuses on the White House’s declaration of an “energy emergency.”

A proposal to expand Oregon’s restrictions on single use plastic products is in trouble in Salem this year. Dirk VanderHart reports.

Washington state may have missed the boat on federal funding for electric vehicles.

Seventeen states including Washington and Oregon are suing the Trump Administration to un-freeze a national fund for electric charging stations.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

Blue states including Washington and Oregon are suing the Trump administration for blocking funding for electric vehicles.

A federal hiring freeze and months of chaos regarding budgets and staffing are hitting hard as state officials work to get ready for wildfire season. US Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Jeff Merkley of Oregon hosted a press call to sound the alarm. KNKX reporter Bellamy Pailthorp has the story.

A program in Yakima set up to meet the growing need for youth mental health support in rural Washington is losing federal funding. NWPB’s Renee Diaz reports.

EMBARGOED until 6:30 a.m. Friday, May 9

By the end of this month, over three thousand acres of private timberland outside Portland will become a research forest. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] has more.