Amid the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce, a group of Oregon lawmakers are calling for terminated agricultural researchers in Oregon to be reinstated. On Thursday, members of Oregon’s Democratic delegation – led by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) – sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins – with concerns over the administration’s decision to terminate USDA Agricultural Research Service workers across Oregon – including in Corvallis,

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to put on hold a federal judge’s ruling reinstating thousands of probationary federal employees who were fired as part of the government’s efforts to quickly downsize its workforce.