Martha Bellisle

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  • FILE – Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks as his wife, Kathryn, and President Donald Trump listen, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,File)Politics

    Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s DOGE with no public administration experience to reorganize Interior Department

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • Boeing machinist Phon Duangsouvanh mans the picket line outside Boeing's plant September 6, 2008 in Everett, WashingtonFinance

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

    By Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush, and others
  • Grace Boutot with her coach Gary CollianderHealth

    U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee fires coach and director after investigation reveals one of their teenage athletes was sexually abused for years

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • Sydney Smith, who lost her job due to DOGE cuts, stands in front of the Sydney Yates building that houses the Forest Service on Thursday, March. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)Politics

    Forest Service employee who was fired, rehired and placed on leave with backpay asks what’s next: ‘It’s not clear at what point they would have me return to work’

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • ALBANY, NY – MARCH 18: Wildland firefighters work as the Albany Pine Bush Preserve conducts a prescribed burn to burn off underbrush as part of the ongoing effort to eliminate the fuel for wildfires on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Albany N.Y. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)Environment

    The Trump administration is backing a previously promised pay hike for wildland firefighters—but many worry new DOGE job cuts will sabotage them

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • Former Grand Coulee Dam worker, Stephanie Duclos, sits in front of the Grand Coulee Dam on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Coulee Dam, Wash., explaining how she was terminated from her job under the Trump administration’s federal workforce reduction plan. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)Politics

    Trump’s staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk, critics warn

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • Person smiling in the woodsEnvironment

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

    By Martha Bellisle, Claire Rush, and others
  • Two vehicle on Olive Street are flooded during Hurricane Francine in New Orleans.Environment

    Recent hurricanes have caused over $200 billion in damage

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • Hugh GrantEnvironment

    Monsanto’s $160 million payout: Seattle wins battle over toxic Duwamish

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Shipping containers line one side of the Duwamish River and barges with gravel line another, Sept. 28, 2011, in Seattle. Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting the Lower Duwamish River with toxins that posed a threat to humans and wildlife, the city attorney’s office said in a press release Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)Finance

    Monsanto agrees to pay Seattle $160 million for its role in polluting the Duwamish River

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press
  • Nurses protest outside Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Milwaukie, Oreg., during the second day of a planned three-day strike involving ore than 3,000 nurses at six Providence Health hospitals. (Samantha Swindler/The Oregonian via AP)Success

    Over 3,000 nurses in Oregon strike for better wages and staffing levels: ‘Nurses are choosing to leave the profession in droves’

    By Martha Bellisle and The Associated Press