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Oregon Political News

Gov. Tina Kotek claws back $2.7M in homelessness funds from Multnomah County

BOLI Ousted a Top Agency Director After Colleagues Perceived Her Memorable Remarks as Threatening

Audit: Billions in state accounting errors, questionable spending

AFSCME Executive Director Is Out After Being Placed on Leave This Summer

Audit: Billions in state accounting errors, misspent federal funds 

Wildfires

Fire risk map didn’t cause insurance spikes, state agency says

Morgan Fire burning near Bly

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell announces he’s stepping down as chief

Nurses at OHSU overwhelmingly vote to authorize strike

Multnomah County to make up for underspending on homeless services

Portlanders Still Love Working From Home

Portland Public Schools Replaced Cops With a Vast, Unarmed Security Team. Is It Enough?

Elected on Promises of a Greener City, Commissioner Carmen Rubio Defies Environmentalists on a Floodplain Plan

Northern Oregon Coast

One of Oregon’s 4 Black mayors resigns; he says he was ‘bullied out of office’

Salem Area

Oregon State Hospital says it will sharpen patient transport rules following dramatic escape, investigation

 First-ever ‘factory for humanoid robots’ coming to Salem

Central/Eastern Oregon

New or not, vaccines vital to community health, officials say

Pendleton Development Commission OKs spending plan

Pendleton, Hermiston receive federal grants for trees

Albany/Corvallis Area

Samaritan patients to lose United Healthcare as in-network provider

Transportation plan looks at greater Albany 20 years in the future

Eugene Area

Lane County home prices fell in August, but remain above 2022

UO student move-in starts Thursday. How to avoid traffic

Roseburg Area

Riddle kicks off public campaign for activity center

UCC staff ready for upcoming school year

‘This is just one solution’: Roseburg to get its first tent campsite for the unhoused

Medford Area

County-owned Flying Lark to be listed for $14.9 million

Commissioners take on overcrowding at Josephine County Animal Shelter

Dutch Bros vice president talks Lone Star State expansion

Family, medical-recovery shelter in Medford nears completion

Rogue Creamery celebrates 90 years with free events in Southern Oregon

Jackson County entities on course to meet grant goals addressing homelessness

International News

Saudi Crown Prince on Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: ‘If they get one, we have to get one’

National News

Senate gets around Tuberville to confirm Joint Chiefs chairman

Republican anger grows at GOP holdouts

Biden on UAW strike: ‘Record profits have not been shared fairly’

National Opinion

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Get to work, Congress. DACA has to go, but young migrants should be allowed to stay

Ag / Natural Resource News

Salmon sportfishing to reopen on entire lower Columbia River

Opinion

Portland Area

Opinion: Proposed police oversight system deserves City Council’s support

Central/Eastern Oregon

Our view: Pregnant women in Oregon should not struggle to find care

Medford Area

OTHER VIEWS: State shouldn’t trade wetlands for housing

GUEST COLUMN: Our historic Rogue climate and wildfires