Oregon officials who recently blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from receiving undercover state license plates won’t extend the restrictions to all federal law enforcement, including other agencies that assist immigration enforcement operations. Gov. Tina Kotek’s office announced last week that Oregon’s Driver and Motor Vehicles division would block ICE agents from receiving undercover plates, […]
(The Center Square) - Border Patrol agents in Southern California have found another underground cross border tunnel, leading to the arrest of four men and the seizure of enough cocaine to kill 34 million people. Â
Free news from Uplift Local: The Rural Organizing Project (ROP), an Oregon nonprofit with affiliated groups in Hood River and Wasco counties, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Oregon State Police is violating Oregon’s sanctuary law by allowing federal immigration authorities to access sensitive personal data belonging to state residents.
THE DALLES — Police responded to a person in crisis on The Dalles Bridge on May 19. The person was threatening to jump, Oregon State Police reported.
(The Center Square) - The U.S. House of Representatives, in a 235-191 vote Wednesday, passed a measure to extend the spy powers of the federal government for another three years. Because of an amendment added to the bill that would prevent the creation of a central bank digital currency, the Senate majority leader said it is dead on arrival in his chamber.
(The Center Square) - Gunshots were fired at a Seattle Community Center on Tuesday evening, right next to a park where Mayor Katie Wilson had just announced a new, expanded all-day daycare and taxpayer-funded school lunch program.
(The Center Square) – Federal authorities executed search warrants at more than 20 locations across the Twin Cities on Tuesday, including several connected to or offering childcare.
Oregonians will soon be able to sue private companies that sell or otherwise improperly use data captured by license plate-reading cameras under a new state law. Senate Bill 1516, signed into law by Gov. Tina Kotek on March 31, went into effect immediately due to an emergency clause lawmakers tucked into the legislation. The 16-page […]
(The Center Square) – Minnesota prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a federal immigration agent for his actions during Operation Metro Surge.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate has adopted the House’s 10-day extension of the expiring Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving Republican leadership less than two weeks to win over hardliners.
