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Oregon News

Jury awards $50M to 2020 Oregon wildfire survivors, adding to PacifiCorp’s growing tab

Oregon sees decline of 3,700 jobs

Oregon Political News

Oregon Republicans back moves to bar trans girls from girls’ sports

Oregon’s near-worst-in-nation education outcomes prompt a reckoning on school spending

 Oregon lawmakers address concerns over wildfire mapping program

Metropolitan Portland News

Federal Immigration Agency Abruptly Cancels Naturalization Ceremony in Downtown Portland

Trump’s Cuts to NIH Funding Would be “Devastating” to OHSU, Interim President Tells Staff

Portland Will Join Other Sanctuary Cities in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

Central/Eastern Oregon

Samsung selects Hermiston as Oregon winner in STEM competition

Southern Oregon

Pineros in Southern Oregon: How Jackson County became a center for guest workers in forestry

Grants Pass volunteers brave cold for annual homeless count

West, Morgan square off in court

Transportation News

ODOT faces revenue crisis despite $5.3B funding bill

Transportation bill touted accountability but failed to deliver 

Incomplete Oregon transportation projects face delays, cost hikes

Health News

Providence faces a fifth week of strikes as St. Vincent doctors secure union deal

Education News

Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department

Education leaders in the Pacific Northwest push back against Trump’s transgender student-athlete ban

International News

Europe’s far-right leaders applaud Trump and downplay threat of possible U.S. tariffs

Trump repeats pledge to take control of Gaza even as pressure mounts to renew ceasefire

National News

Judge pauses Trump order to put USAID employees on administrative leave

California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration

National Political News

Elon Musk pledged transparency in push to transform government. He’s dodged scrutiny instead

Stop international work, Trump administration tells ocean agency

Who is part of Elon Musk’s DOGE and what are they doing?

Trump administration pauses $3 billion marked for electric vehicle charging stations

Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump’s agenda faces legal pushback

Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday, and more import duties are coming

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building

How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to ‘yes’ on RFK Jr. and Gabbard

Democratic AGs allege Trump administration is freezing federal funds despite court order

Oregon congresswoman introduces ‘Stop Musk Act’ as state responds to federal chaos

U.S. Senate confirms Russ Vought, a Project 2025 author, to manage the nation’s budget

Trump says he’s the new chairman of the Kennedy Center and will be dictating the programming

Democratic senator says his party is ready to shut down government over Trump’s actions 

Opinion

Editorial: Grants Pass City Council’s rash decision leads to tents back in city parks