Spiky senior citizen Nolina, an African crested porcupine, turns 19 years old today PORTLAND, Ore. — Summer’s here, and people looking to get in shape for the season could take some tips from Nolina, an elderly Oregon Zoo porcupine whose fitness routine is on point. This spiky senior citizen, who turns 19 today, is known […]
Originally published June 28, 2023 9:01 am PDT The last time the United States saw cases of malaria was when seven people got sick in Palm Beach County in July-August 2003, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2007, Bill and Melinda Gates began targeting malaria research. In 2014, the […]
Two weeks ago, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced plans to give a 2.6% tax break to businesses threatening to leave Portland. This is a win for businesses and could encourage some to stay. But it may be too little, too late. Even after the worst of the pandemic, hundreds of businesses moved their headquarters out […]
Just four days before legislative adjournment, House Bill 3409 passed the Oregon House and has moved to the Senate in a race to the finish by June 25. HB 3409 establishes a state goal of installing 500,000 electric heat pumps in Oregon homes or commercial buildings by 2030. The bill was never heard in a […]
Three states recently expanded education options for K-12 students through school choice laws. States that are empowering families to find the right fit for their children’s educational needs are opening doors of opportunity for generations of students. In May, Nebraska passed the Opportunity Scholarship Act. The tax credit-funded program provides opportunities for children to attend […]
Amici Representatives of 2,249 Women Injured By Abortion; and Melinda Thybault, Founder of The Moral Outcry Petition who filed a brief with 539,108 signatures in the Dobbs case have been recorded in this thirty-minute Zoom press event which took place on June 20, 2023 at 3:00pm Eastern. REASONS FOR CELEBRATING DOBBS – WHY AMERICA IS […]
Summer solstice is that time of year when our sun is “closest to directly overhead”; the next day it begins its gradual march toward winter solstice, when the angle of the sun is most oblique (for us in the Northern Hemisphere). Between June 14 and 28, Portland sees 17 hours from sunrise to sunset, give […]
“3000 SE Powell Boulevard” is the name of Home Forward’s 6-year-old low-income housing development with a massive expenditure: $87 million, $75 million of which came from government tax credits and bond monies. Burdened by building height and design constraints, soil contamination worries, and delayed materials delivery, the expected opening date has been pushed back to […]
A new study reveals there have been around 24,000 fewer abortions since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last year. FiveThirtyEight obtained the study from #WeCount, a national research project led by the Society of Family Planning, a nonprofit that supports research about abortion and contraception. The study discovered that there were around 93,575 fewer abortions in states […]
The word “faith” occurs 7 times in the first epistle to Corinthians and 7 in the second. Seven in Scripture is the number for Spiritual perfection and the believers in Corinth were spiritually perfect. Paul addressed them: “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to […]
