By Julia Shumway | Editor
“The bottom line is: Oregon’s elections are secure, accurate and fair. They will proceed as planned this November, free from any illegal federal interference. We will stand up for Oregonians’ right to vote and run elections. We will continue to challenge this over-reaching executive order in court with the attorney general when the time is right.” — Secretary of State Tobias Read, responding to Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will let the Trump administration continue to implement an order restricting mail voting. The high court essentially found that states including Oregon sued too early.
Also in today's edition:
Drought conditions exacerbate wildfires
Sanctuary policies in Oregon and other states keep people in local jails out of ICE’s hands
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By Alex Baumhardt
Firefighters on the Claremont Fire in Boise, Idaho on July 6, 2026. Drought across the Northwest has exacerbated wildfire conditions in the region. (Photo by Brenen Helgerson/ National Interagency Fire Center)
The last weeks of summer find Oregon and much of the Northwest experiencing historic drought, exacerbating what has become one of the most active wildfire seasons in the state and region, according to state and federal climatologists and hydrologists.
By Julia Shumway
Statewide elected officials Attorney General Dan Rayfield, Secretary of State Tobias Read and Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson sit on the House floor on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Photo by Laura Tesler/Oregon Capital Chronicle/Pool)
Oregon’s governor, chief election official and top lawyer vowed Monday to continue fighting President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict mail ballots after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Trump to continue implementing an executive order.
By Tim Henderson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents search the passenger of a truck as they arrest both him and the driver during a February traffic stop in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Minnesota faced a high rate of street arrests after Trump administration officials criticized the state’s sanctuary policies, but even states without such policies have seen street raids to round up immigrants. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
As more states seek ways to limit immigration enforcement, a Stateline analysis shows one tactic has had an effect: making it more difficult for local law enforcement to hand over people they are holding in city or county jails to federal immigration authorities.
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