For a guy from Portland, Oregon, to come into the northern wilds of New Jersey and stick his toe, sort of literally and certainly figuratively, into a swath of swamp described in a federal report in 1978 as “a swampy mosquito-infested jungle

Public safety remains a top concern for Oregonians, particularly as gun-related violence has escalated across the state. Firearm homicide in Oregon has increased 172% over the past decade, a trend accompanied by a rise in the number of firearms associated with crime.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday called for a ban on cell phones in K-12 classrooms statewide, pointing to declining mental health in students.

In 2021, without any diploma expectations waived, the school hit a record 98% graduation rate. Massachusetts, however, just changed those expectations. In the general election, voters decided to scrap the requirement that students pass exams in English, science, and math in order to graduate.

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Attorney General Dan Rayfield has joined other states in Texas gun rights cases in support of Biden administration gun safety rules.

New Jersey Democratic Attorney General Matt Platkin said his state and others with Democratic attorneys general, plan to intervene in cases already in the court system.

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found.

The 74 examines declining matriculation rates across 26 states and how COVID-19 has disrupted and may continue to disrupt schools for years.

New Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday that Oregon and more than a dozen other states are joining together to defend two federal rules aimed at reducing gun violence nationwide. Here's Rayfield's news release about the action,

More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general said Thursday they plan to defend two gun regulations now being challenged in court, including one banning devices that enable semiautomatic guns t