The Springfield-area representative has held the seat for 13 years.

Benton County Commissioners plan to vote Tuesday on whether to allow the Coffin Butte landfill to expand.

In her 16-page order granting the preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut said she needed more time to go through the case. The block now goes until 5 p.m. on Nov. 7.

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut said she aimed to issue a ruling Sunday.

As of Nov. 1, more than 75,000 Lane County residents have lost access to their SNAP benefits.

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

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.

Fewer than half of Oregon Counties have anything on the ballot in next week’s election. Lincoln and Linn counties have levies the entire county can weigh in on, but Lane County has just a few communities with issues on the ballot.

Attorneys provided few details about the revelations from Wednesday, that some Oregon National Guard members briefly deployed to the immigration facility in Portland earlier this month.

Gov. Tina Kotek announced she’s sending $5 million in state funding to food banks on Wednesday as Oregon braces for a cutoff of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expected at the start of November.