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JPR's Vanessa Finney gets recommendations for this season's reading from three local booksellers: Lynn and Kat from The Book Exchange and Megan from Bloomsbury Books.

California legislators want to limit deportation actions at schools, but they can鈥檛 ban immigration officials.

Two states legalized psychedelic therapies since 2020 and President Biden signed a law supporting studies of how they might help veterans. Proposals like those keep dying in California.

As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon鈥檚 rural forest protective associations are grappling with questions about how they will retain personnel and secure enough funding to fight the fires of the future.

A new book by Ginette DePreist - 鈥淩each Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist鈥� - describes her late husband's key role in the growth and development of the Oregon Symphony. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently visited Ginette at her apartment in Portland and had a conversation about the book, and James' musical legacy.

Records show how state medical advisors decided questions around youth transgender care were outweighed by a state law ensuring access.

Laws protecting free speech, along with challenging economic circumstances, make it difficult to cut ties.

Since the pandemic, public schools across Oregon have struggled to reach kids who are still enrolled, but just not showing up.

In June, the nation鈥檚 highest court ruled in favor of the City of Grants Pass, deciding that cities could impose criminal penalties without running afoul of constitutional provisions against cruel and unusual punishment.

Growers and cities support the Newsom administration proposal, saying it strikes a balance for uses of Delta water. But environmentalists say the 鈥渉ealthy rivers鈥� rules would actually harm California鈥檚 iconic salmon.

Across the country, there鈥檚 a shortage of behavioral health care providers 鈥� and it鈥檚 particularly pronounced in small towns.

Employers and unions are grappling with the opioid crisis, while the state inches toward requiring Narcan in workplaces.