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The judges ruled in favor of local officials who sought to force the federal government to keep the SNAP program running in November.

PeaceHealth announced another round of employee layoffs this week.

The states are among many that are going to court to force the federal government to use emergency reserve money to prop up the federal food assistance program.

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez’s release came suddenly Wednesday morning without a court order.

Attorneys for Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez argue his rights to due process were violated when immigration enforcement officials arrested him last month.

The U.S. Department of Education has stripped away grants from colleges and universities that serve large populations of Latino, Asian, Native American and other underrepresented students. Advocates of these grants say the funding benefits all students.

The four-state group, which includes Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii, formed a vaccine policy alliance after concerns about partisanship at the CDC.

“We can’t celebrate when we know that our kids are being left without parents,” says Latinos en Spokane executive director Jennyfer Mesa.

The announcement comes after a week of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over vaccines.

Attorneys say they have not been able to locate the firefighter since he landed in federal custody.

Farmers say some workers are afraid of making the journey up from California out of fear they could get pulled over or detained by ICE.

At least two cats in Oregon have been euthanized after eating raw pet food contaminated with bird flu.