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Gov. Tina Kotek proclaimed Friday, Sept. 25, as Dolly Parton Day in Oregon during a Salem ceremony attended by 672 people, honoring the late singer's legacy and the Imagination Library's milestone of more than 4 million books distributed to children across all 36 Oregon counties.
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Gov. Tina Kotek proclaimed Friday, Sept. 25, as Dolly Parton Day in Oregon during a Salem ceremony attended by 672 people, honoring the late singer's legacy and the Imagination Library's milestone of more than 4 million books distributed to children across all 36 Oregon counties.
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Gov. Tina Kotek proclaimed Friday, Sept. 25, as Dolly Parton Day in Oregon during a Salem ceremony attended by 672 people, honoring the late singer's legacy and the Imagination Library's milestone of more than 4 million books distributed to children across all 36 Oregon counties.
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The U.S. House voted 308-117 on Tuesday, July 14, to make daylight saving time permanent, a move that could activate Oregon's 2019 trigger law and end clock changes for Salem residents — though the bill faces an uncertain path in the Senate.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Tuesday, July 14, that the state will receive $576,707 from an $18 million multistate settlement with 23andMe's bankruptcy trustee over a 2023 data breach that exposed genetic data for 6.9 million customers.
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One year after Congress passed H.R.1, Oregon faces a $421 million Medicaid funding gap and tens of thousands of residents have already lost food assistance, with Marion County families subject to new work requirements and state officials scrambling to fill budget holes.
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read is pushing back on a July 7 DOJ letter that threatens criminal prosecution of state and local election officials over noncitizen voting, calling it baseless political intimidation ahead of the November 2026 general election.
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Marion County's three commissioners welcomed Salem's July 8 federal lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers, pointing to the county's own May lawsuit — both seeking to halt a planned deep drawdown of Detroit Lake that threatens drinking water for more than 220,000 people served by Salem's water system.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, July 7, challenging a HUD funding notice that would cap permanent housing dollars under the Continuum of Care program, threatening millions in grants for Salem-area providers that house thousands of residents.
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City Recorder Amy Johnson ruled Tuesday, July 7, that Ward 6 councilor-elect Betsy Vega meets Salem Charter and Oregon constitutional residency requirements despite a period of homelessness, ending an eligibility challenge and keeping her as the sole candidate on November's ballot.
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Salem Mayor Julie Hoy declared Thursday, July 9, 2026, Virginia Green Day, honoring the 100-year-old historian behind the SHINE on Salem digital archive and 25 years of civic service.
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The Oregon Health Authority launched two new nutrition benefits on July 1, 2026, offering up to six months of free groceries to eligible Oregon Health Plan members with chronic conditions and food insecurity, including Salem-area residents served by PacificSource Community Solutions.
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The Oregon Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 1, declined to force Meta to release social media records sought by the defense in the murder case of David Ayon-Urbano, who is charged with fatally shooting a 16-year-old near Salem in June 2024 and claims self-defense.
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Salem Reporter filed suit June 24 in Marion County Circuit Court against Commissioner Danielle Bethell and the county after she did not respond to a public records request for nearly six months, seeking communications tied to an ongoing state ethics investigation into the commissioner.
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