$6 million: That’s the cost of cleaning up after the armed militants who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Developmentwatch 2016: According to new census data, Oregon’s population grew by 1.5 percent over a year—grow rates not seen since before the recession.
Developmentwatch 2016: What’s going on with the Overlook Restaurant?
Bernie Sanders: Headed to Moda Center on Friday.
According to information obtained by the NY Times, the NFL omitted “more than 100 diagnosed concussions” from its reporting on concussions among professional football players. Here’s a choice quote: “Some retired players have likened the N.F.L.’s handling of its health crisis to that of the tobacco industry, which was notorious for using questionable science to play down the dangers of cigarettes.”
Today, in garbage legislation: In a special session yesterday, North Carolina lawmakers went ahead and passed a bill that prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender. Hey, this is why local elections matter!
It’s happening again! Yet another Republican strategist says a Hillary Clinton presidency would be preferable to Donald Trump.
Related: “How can things get worse for Republicans?” asks the delightful Gail Collins. I don’t know, Gail. I don’t know.
The Supreme Court is arguing about birth control again, this time in a case involving Obamacare’s shouldn’t-actually-be-controversial birth control coverage provision.
Former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi was found not guilty today in the first of two trials for sexual assault. I’ll just leave this here:
Rape isn’t just a culture, it’s a legal system.#Ghomeshi
— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) March 24, 2016
Australian officials have linked debris found in Mozambique with the “drift modeling” of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing on March 8, 2014. Malaysian officials have responded by calling for increased searching along the coast of Africa for more potential remains of the Boeing 777.
Five: That’s how many alleged terrorists CNN has
linked to Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels.
In case you haven’t yet become obsessed with Samantha Bee’s new fake news show, here’s an amazing segment on America’s rape kit backlog. It’s really funny and really smart and a helpful reminder that Oregon is among the states with a backlog—and that local elections matter! Good morning!