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Oregon is trying to plug a $300 million hole in its transportation budget with a pay-per-mile fee for electric vehicle owners

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES – 2024/07/04: Attendees watch the Independence Day fireworks display along the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

There’s a brewing clash between Trump and DOGE with cost-cutting at odds with the president’s long-stated dream

By Claire Rush, Gary Fields, and others

Rob Blackwell stands next to an EV he started leasing right before U.S. President Donald Trump announced expansive new import tariffs, in Richmond, Va., on April 3, 2025. (Maia Curtis via AP)

Americans scramble to buy cars, laptops and other big-ticket items before tariffs kick in — ‘who knows what next Wednesday might be like’

By Claire Rush, Mark Thiessen, and others

Boeing machinist Phon Duangsouvanh mans the picket line outside Boeing's plant September 6, 2008 in Everett, Washington

Oregon and Washington workers may soon be able to claim unemployment benefits when they go on strike

By Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush, and others

Construction continues on Stark Street Bridge on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Troutdale, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

EVs may help the environment but because their owners don’t buy gas they’re starving states of tax money to fix potholes and build roads

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

Person smiling in the woods

Trump’s layoffs of thousands of Forest Service employees will mean more destructive wildfires, say fired workers

By Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush, and others

MJ Wilt, a licensed psilocybin facilitator and the owner of a licensed psilocybin service center, sits in a room setup for groups at her facility in Gresham, Ore., Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Oregon towns are banning magic mushrooms as voters sour on drug reform 4 years after the state became the first to legalize psilocybin

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Man who destroyed hundreds of ballots in Oregon and Washington drop box fires is a metalworker and might be planning more attacks, police say

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Claire Rush, and others

In this image made from a video provided by KGW8, authorities investigate smoke pouring out of a ballot box.

‘Direct attack on Democracy’: Hundreds of ballots have been destroyed in drop box fire attacks in Oregon and Washington

By Gene Johnson, Claire Rush, and others

FILE – Kroger CEO William Rodney McMullen speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights hearing on the proposed Kroger-Albertsons grocery store merger on Nov. 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/, File)

Albertsons and Kroger CEOs tell skeptical government that grocery mega merger won’t lead to store closures and higher prices

By Claire Rush, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others

An image of a Kroger store.

Albertsons threatens to lay off workers if merger with Kroger is blocked

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Claire Rush, and others

Crab vendor in Oregon

Don’t eat shellfish from Oregon and Washington, FDA warns. Here’s what to know about the potential contamination risk

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

FILE – Chairs stand at the Gates Post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. The post office was destroyed along with several other buildings in the Santiam Canyon community as a result of the Santiam Fire. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires. (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, File)

PacifiCorp agrees to pay $178m to 403 Oregon wildfire victims in the latest settlement over deadly 2020 blazes

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

Northern Italy

Vintners in Willamette Valley—home to world-class Pinot Noirs—seek $100 million after fires tainted their grape harvest

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press

Portrait of smiling man with glass of whiskey at home.

Consumers were deprived of rare bourbons, including Pappy Van Winkle’s 23-year-old whiskey, by alcohol overseers

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press