(The Center Square) – One of the first of an expected 656 signs stating that city property in Seattle cannot be used by federal authorities for civil immigration enforcement efforts has been posted at Jefferson Park in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Harrisburg, Pa. — Yesterday, Governor Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief in support of the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to remove a historical exhibit on slavery from the President’s House Site at Independence National Historical Park.
Thousands fewer people are receiving health care through a Medicaid-like Oregon program that’s open to income-eligible people regardless of immigration status than were six months ago, state data shows. Two years after its launch, the Healthier Oregon program reached peak enrollment of 107,000 people in June, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority. That […]
Oregon’s top legal officer and four Democratic attorney generals from other states will gather for a town hall in Portland on Wednesday, the anniversary of their first lawsuit against the Trump administration.  California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will join […]
Democratic lawmakers who hold supermajorities in Oregon’s Legislature will prioritize responding to federal immigration enforcement, threats to public lands and President Donald Trump’s tax cuts in the upcoming legislative short session. Lawmakers are limited to two bills apiece in the 35-day session, which begins Feb. 2. Democrats previewed their plans, which include at least seven […]
Editor's note: This story has been updated since its initial publication to include a comment from the White House.
The Democratic attorneys general of 21 states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration for its attempts to defund the Obama-era federal agency created to protect Americans from consumer fraud and discriminatory lending. After the U.S. mortgage market crashed in 2008 and millions of Americans lost their jobs, savings, retirements and homes, Congress in […]
Oregon is suing the Trump administration for imposing a $100,000 fee on a popular legal pathway employers use to hire highly skilled workers. That’s roughly 13 to 100 times the current fees charged for the limited visas that are reserved for foreign workers. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 18 other Democratic-led […]
(The Center Square) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, under fire for failing to prevent a massive welfare fraud scheme in his state, was in Seattle on Tuesday as the special guest at Gov. Bob Ferguson’s fundraising luncheon, telling those in attendance Somalis were being "demonized" and vowing to bring more into his state.
Washington D.C. — The official portrait of the former Pennsylvania health secretary who was later tapped to serve under the Biden administration has been changed, according to NPR.
