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Oregon Political News

Kicker rebate finalized: Oregonians will get 17% of their 2020 state income taxes back

Majority of state workers won’t have to be fully vaccinated until end of November in shifting deadline

Republican legislator Bill Post, who moved to Nevada, resigns effective Nov. 30

Former Secretary of State sues over Oregon redistricting

Oregon COVID-19 News

Coronavirus in Oregon: State reports 82 deaths, pushing September fatality toll closer to record

Oregon logs record number of daily COVID-19 deaths

Oregon reports 82 new deaths; 1,413 new COVID-19 cases

Oregon Election News

New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof forms campaign committee for possible governor’s run

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Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

David Kennedy, co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy, dies at 82

Portland’s elected auditor, the city’s watchdog, won’t seek third term

Despite pushback, I-205 tolls loom over Portland metro area

Portland gains tribal, artist-preference affordable housing

Most Portlanders want more police, regardless of politics

Candidate eyes redrawn Tigard district without state rep

Another Legionnaires’ Disease Case Reported at North Portland Senior Living Center

Salem Area

Mt. Angel businesses get community support after fire

Central/Eastern Oregon

BendFilm Festival Is Now Recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar-Qualifying Event

Report card shows some local students falling off-track

Redmond School Board hires legal counsel to oppose pandemic mandates

Bend bans sale, possession and use of fireworks

NE Oregon county commission opposes River Democracy Act

Albany/Corvallis Area

Photos: Excavator strikes Ellsworth Street Bridge, snarling morning commute

Benton County has a plan to revamp criminal justice, how to learn about it

8 Republican candidates for governor to attend Corvallis forum

Eugene Area

Councilors still support original fund disbursement for safety tax

Lane County COVID-19 update: 3 deaths, 115 additional cases reported

Roseburg Area

County sees marked drop in COVID-19 cases, deaths over weekend

Douglas County residents remember the Columbus Day Storm of 1962

Roseburg officials seek money for Stewart Park improvements

Medford Area

Medford schools get boost with donation of electric vehicles 

Indigenous Peoples’ Day balances celebration, recognition

Medford’s next police chief will come from within the ranks

Klamath Falls Area

U.S. government sues Oregon water regulators over Upper Klamath Lake releases

Southern Oregon Coast

COVID cases play havoc with local schools

International News

China reports its exports jumped 28% in September, imports up nearly 18%, while surplus with U.S. rose to $42 billion

National News

US to open borders with Mexico, Canada to fully vaccinated travelers

House approves debt ceiling increase, holding off default

Pelosi enters pivotal stretch on Biden agenda

House Budget Chair John Yarmuth to retire from Congress

National Opinion

Williams: Our democracy is being torched. A survey out of UVA suggests many voters are willing to watch it burn.

Business

Umpqua Bank combines with Columbia; bank will retain Umpqua name but move out of downtown Portland

Container shipping rates inch downward after record-setting climb

Nursery crops again top list of Oregon’s most valuable ag commodities

Oregon, California Kaiser Permanente workers authorize strike