The one in six Oregonians who rely on federal SNAP food and nutrition assistance to pay for groceries each month will be left with nothing in November due to the ongoing government shutdown, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Human Services.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will host a Washington County Town Hall Tuesday, June 17 at 6 p.m. at the Raymond Arthur Brown Middle School gym in Hillsboro.
Washington County residents can hear directly from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden in a Forest Grove town hall scheduled for Tuesday, August 6 starting at 4 p.m.
In Washington County, constituents will have an opportunity to see, hear from, and ask questions of Oregon's senior Senator Thursday, January 12, starting at 2 pm at the Conestoga Recreation Center, located in Beaverton at 9985 SW 125th Ave.
Oregon faces a shortage of wildland firefighters that could be “a recipe for trouble,” according to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden.
Wyden wrote to U.S. Secretary of the Interior
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Oregon U.S. House Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield), chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, told Punchbowl News he plans to introduce a five-year
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Violence erupted in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed into the U.S. Capitol, which just
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Coronavirus resources:
CDC on the coronavirus
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Oregon Health Authority resources
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Washington County resources
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Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus
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OPB glossary of coronavirus terms
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NYTimes
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Coronavirus resources:
CDC on the coronavirus
,
Oregon Health Authority resources
,
Washington County resources
,
Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus
,
OPB glossary of coronavirus terms
,
NYTimes
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Senate passes $8.3 billion coronavirus emergency bill
After weeks of negotiations, the Senate passed a spending bill on Thursday, March 5 to combat
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Impeachment
Much ink has been spilled over the impeachment of President Donald Trump. It’s only the third time a U.S. president has
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