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Senate chairman demands answers from emergency rooms that denied care to pregnant patients

Sep. 24, 2024 16:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals are facing questions about why they denied care to pregnant patients and whether state abortion bans have influenced how they treat those patients. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, sent inquiries to nine hospitals ahead of...

WNBA awards Portland an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2026

Sep. 18, 2024 19:41 PM EDT

The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon's biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer...

Senators demand the USDA fix its backlog of food distribution to Native American tribes

Aug. 23, 2024 14:27 PM EDT

A bipartisan group of senators is demanding immediate action from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack after several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not fulfilled orders for months, and in some cases has delivered expired food. Last spring,...