Fired for Pro-Life Convictions, Oregon PA Presses On

If someone had asked physician assistant (PA) Megan Kreft a few years ago what her career would look like at age 27, she would not have predicted accurately. Instead of working as a PA, as she happily had been with Providence Medical Group in Sherwood, the Portland-area native is instead in a professional dilemma she […]

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Crystal’s Corner: Oregon’s Abortion Culture Encourages Male Dominance of Women’s Bodies

By Crystal Kupper, Editor, Life in Oregon An avid runner since childhood, I can never get enough track and field news, especially about Oregon’s athletes. Yet the revelations from Win At All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception, the latest book from investigative journalist Matt Hart, were about as much fun as hill […]

Processing Ballots in Oregon

Have you ever wondered what happens to your ballot once you drop it in the mail, at a ballot dropbox or your local county clerk’s office? How are results tabulated so quickly after voting ends at 8 p.m. on Election Day? We spoke with local elections officials in Deschutes County, and they provided us with […]

The Era of Pro-Choice Republicans in Oregon is Over

For decades, pro-life Republican voters have sought strong pro-life candidates to represent their views. However, many prominent Republican candidates for office have refused to find common ground with the pro-life voters they claimed to represent. Republicans in the Second Congressional District resoundingly defeated Knute Buehler in the May primary. Nearly 70 percent of voters backed […]