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Oregon News

Oregon is home to 4 of the top 5 smokiest cities nationwide

This key piece of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing effort has finally launched

Union members call on Gov. Kotek to fire the chief of Oregon Department of Human Services

Moving Beyond Addiction: Oregonians have mixed feelings about new deflection programs

DOGE makes cuts to USDA research positions in Oregon

Oregonians are flooding Congress with calls under Trump

Oregon Political News

With federal funds at risk, bills face a difficult path through Oregon Legislature

Lawmakers Ponder Retail Delivery Fee

Oregon elected a record number of BIPOC legislators. They insist Trump ‘is not stopping us’

Oregon lawmakers agree fighting wildfires requires more money. The hard question: How to pay for it

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland’s highest salaried city employee gets 3rd raise in a year amid looming layoffs, cuts

Economist warns of Portland ‘doom loop’

Central/Eastern Oregon

Rep. Cliff Bentz fields questions about Trump, federal firings, Musk during Baker City town hall

Willamette Valley Area

Hundreds rally for immigrant rights at UO campus

Southern Oregon

Pair of locally sponsored Oregon House bills target wildfire-impacted schools

Ashland council approves fossil fuel fees on new residential construction

North Medford High gym, complaints by board member Williams on MSD board agenda

Business News

IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season

These 45 companies are targeted by Trump’s MAGA operatives for ‘illegal DEI’ — including one in Oregon

Inflation warning signs mount

Natural Resource News

Fund freeze on Lomakatsi Restoration Project impacts fire hazard reduction

Oregon Forest Service workers fired by Trump: ‘Very angry and just baffled’

Health News

Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign

Labcorp workers at Providence Portland vote to unionize

Trump brings new shift on bird flu tactics

New dialysis center holds grand opening in Roseburg

Education News

Northwest feels impact of dizzying changes: 20 shifts to education in the Trump administration’s first month

Report Suggests Oregon Should Spend More on Education

International News

Venezuelan mothers organize on chat group to fight Guantánamo detentions

Costa Rica joins Panama in detaining deportees from the US in stopover back to their countries

Mexico to reform constitution in wake of US terrorism designations

U.S. Doubles Down on Demand That Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal

Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Signals a New World Order Taking Shape

Ukrainians shocked, defiant in face of Trump attacks on Zelensky

National News

Live updates: Judge declines to halt federal worker layoffs

What to know about Fort Knox’s gold depository

Appeals court rejects Trump’s request to block birthright citizenship 

Judge rules Trump admin violated order to unfreeze foreign aid but declines to hold officials in contempt

Newsmax, Fox News back AP in Trump standoff over ‘Gulf of America’

Mississippi judge orders local paper to remove editorial, sparking outrage

National Political News

McConnell retirement sparks Kentucky political frenzy

Trump approval rating underwater 1 month into second term: Survey

DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn’t add up

Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

Trump floats a federal takeover of D.C. Can he really do that?

With insults and bravado, Trump takes campaign messaging into White House

Trump administration throws out protections from deportation for roughly half a million Haitians

Buttigieg weighs a decision with huge implications for Democrats: Run for Senate or president?

Trump holds Black History Month event as some agencies skip recognition after anti-DEI order

U.S. Senate panel on party-line vote approves McMahon’s nomination as Education secretary

Trump comes close to the red line of openly defying judges, experts say

Hegseth’s proposed Pentagon cuts, firing of generals: What to know

Hispanic House Republicans send warning shot on budget resolution

Scoop: Senate Dems squeeze GOP on Trump’s IVF promise

Opinion

Two investments in children would create brighter future for them and the state

Are Teacher Pensions to Blame for Poor Student Performance? Probably Not.

DOGE is causing the very problem it claims to be solving 

Democrats: Get out of Washington and into the real world

Is America preparing to abandon NATO and Europe?