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Oregon News

Oregon lawmakers will hold emergency session to pay wildfire bills

Project 2025 calls for massive changes to Hanford nuclear cleanup

Intel wins more than $1.8 billion in federal funding for Hillsboro campus

Oregon group wants to make it easier to commit those in mental health crisis

Unpaid Bills at Department of Forestry Lead Kotek to Call Special Session

Another top Oregon Department of Forestry manager investigated for workplace conduct

Taxpayer cost for Oregon’s class-action foster suit climbs over $34 million

Oregon Political News

Oregon Rep. Salinas introduces bill to allow federal money for furniture banks

UPDATE: Republicans criticize Kotek handling of wildfire funding special session

Metropolitan Portland News

New Seasons Market unionized workers go on strike Wednesday at 11 Portland-area stores

Wyden calls on Oregon’s largest electric utility to detail true drivers of massive rate hikes

New acting superintendent of St. Helens School District outlines plan following teacher sexual abuse allegations

Lake Oswego home of incoming Clackamas County commissioner served with search warrant, lawyer says

Central/Eastern Oregon

NE Oregon unemployment rates hold steady in October

Massive solar farm planned for BLM land in Central Oregon greenlit for environmental review

Idaho Power sues Baker County seeking easement for B2H power line

Willamette Valley Area

Salem library levy could be on May ballot: What to know

New program aims to address addiction, property crime 

Lane County’s charter repeal efforts failed. What next?

Southern Oregon

West suing county clerk over recall election process

Medford School Board member Williams responds to complaints

Business News

Willamette Valley vineyards seek $11 million in damages from utilities for 2020 Holiday Farm Fire

Walmart becomes latest — and biggest — company to roll back its DEI policies

Intel finalizes $7.9 billion in federal subsidies for scaled-back expansion

Small businesses cheer decision striking down expansion of overtime pay for workers

‘Self-driving’ Tesla blasts through stop sign, sparks one of Oregon’s 1st autonomous-driving lawsuits

Public Safety

Elizabeth Diane Downs requests a retrial, post-conviction relief

Natural Resource News

More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the Pacific Northwest

Farm groups foresee challenges to reinstated Oregon climate protection plan

Health News

Drugmakers and pharmacists battle over who gets to make obesity drugs

Biden administration unveils plan to cover weight loss meds under Medicare, Medicaid

Education News

Gov. Kotek appoints Mooney vice chair of Education Commission

International News

Israel agrees to a ceasefire with Hezbollah that could stop the war in Lebanon

Here’s what to know about the new funding deal that countries agreed to at UN climate talks

Biden pushes for broader Mideast peace as cease-fire in Gaza proves far more elusive

National News

Dirt-cheap toys imported into U.S. can be dangerous, group says. Here’s what to know

DOJ special counsel Smith drops federal criminal cases against Trump

Who pays tariffs, and what do they accomplish? Trump’s latest tariff plan, explained

Home-loan agency bumps maximum for federally guaranteed mortgages

Trump team eyes funding showdown with ‘sanctuary cities’ over immigration

Canadian officials blast Trump’s tariff threat and one calls Mexico comparison an insult

National Political News

Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win

Trump vows tariffs over immigration. Here’s what the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime

Trump threatens sweeping new tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China

Mixed reactions to Trump’s Oregon pick for labor secretary

President-Elect Fires Salvo on North American Trade Pact

Why Trump’s expected tax credit move could fragment EV market

Opinion

Oregon likely faces battle with next Trump administration