Good morning! Are If you appreciate Cascadia Journal, please consider helping with a paid subscription. I'm trying to meeting my goal of 70 paid members by November 1. Thanks! --Andrew Support Cascadia Journal WA medical research giants pause H1B visas The Seattle Times reports that Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Good morning! News media are facing an unprecedented crisis right now. PBS and NPR threatened now that Trump has eliminated of federal funding for public broadcasting. Outlets have laid off staff and closed their doors. The FCC bullies news outlets critical of the administration, and once trusted news source such
Good morning, and congratulations to the Seattle Mariners for making it to the American League championship after a nail-biting 14-inning game against Detroit on Friday. Good luck to Cascadia's only Major League Baseball team. Our region is a special one, and if you appreciate this roundup
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A quick request. It's a troubled time, and Cascadia Journal seeks to report on how our region is responding to various threats, whether it's authoritarianism or climate change. I also try to keep things light with coverage of arts and culture news from across the Pacific
The latest from "war-torn" Portland US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived in Portland yesterday to visit an ICE facility at the heart of Donald Trump's attempts to deploy 200 troops from the the Oregon National Guard to the city, which was halted by a
Judge rules against Guard deployment in Portland It's been a busy weekend in Portland and I'm just getting now up to speed after being away on a backpacking trip on Washington's wilderness coast. After a Trump-appointed federal judge Karin Immergut on Saturday blocked
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As the federal deadlock between the GOP and Democrats continues, mostly over extending subsidies that keep Obamacare affordable for millions of people, the government shutdown has me thinking about changing views of federalism and how this could change things for those of us who live in Cascadia. Support Cascadia Journal
Cascadia Dems demand changes in shutdown As the federal government shutdown continued, Democrats in Oregon's congressional delegation demanded that Republicans reverse Medicaid cuts, restore appropriated funds to Oregon, and renew Obamacare subsidies before they'll vote to reopen. The GOP responded with silence. “House Democrats are ready,
Feds shut down, ICE keeps doing fascism The US Congress failed to come to an agreement over renewing Obamacare subsidies and so shut down the federal government at midnight last night. KUOW has more on what might be affected locally, including some 30,000 federal workers in Oregon. ICE kidnapping