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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports and humor. 1A’s goal is to act as a national mirror — taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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Floating solar could help meet clean-energy goals, but researchers found ecological trade-offs vary widely, showing why each reservoir may need its own environmental review. -
Medford voters narrowly passed Measure 15-238, clearing the way for a hotel tax increase to help fund a major downtown redevelopment project. -
Three homeless camps in Roseburg are owned and operated not by the city, but by Elk Island Trading Group, a landowner that flips blighted real estate. -
Medford voters are being asked to approve a hotel tax increase this November. It started as an effort to bring a Minor League Baseball team to Medford. But the idea has now turned into a major conference center with a possible baseball stadium on the side.
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The federal government shutdown could start affecting food benefits in November, when the program known as SNAP wouldn't be paid out, leaving many low-income families scrambling. -
The federal shutdown has led to pauses in payment for forestry work in Oregon. That's impacting wildfire prevention contractors. -
Roseburg Forest Products abruptly closed its hardwood plywood mill in Douglas County late last month. More than 100 workers lost their jobs. -
The top 150 sheepdogs in the U.S. and Canada gathered in rural Modoc County, California, this month for the national sheepdog finals. -
The school board voted Thursday to settle a lawsuit brought by two staff members who were fired over a video they posted online challenging district policies regarding transgender students. -
The mobile home park burned down in 2020, but it took years to be rebuilt, leaving many residents stuck in limbo.
