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Oregon News

Judge blocks Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s requirement for union labor on many state projects

Former students say a St. Helens High teacher abused them in the 1980s. He became a face of child welfare in Oregon

AARP calls latest Social Security changes ‘unacceptable.’ Will you be impacted?

Flood scam alert issued by Oregon Department of Emergency Management

Oregon Political News

Portland boosters appeal to Oregon lawmakers for stadium capital

Oregon lawmakers consider sending kids in foster care out of state again

Disaster prep advocates face pushback over raising seismic standard for new school construction

Democrats’ Quest to Ban Flavored Tobacco Products Picks Up Steam

Hundreds of Oregon bills are dead for this year

Oversight hearings planned on ‘unacceptable’ handling of abuse complaints by Oregon Youth Authority

After uneven ranked-choice debut, Portland doubles down on voter education

Metropolitan Portland News

City Worker Town Hall Leaves Employees Frustrated

Central/Eastern Oregon

A ‘good’ water year in Central Oregon comes with murky political forecast

Willamette Valley News

UO’s DEI practices under federal scrutiny amid nationwide crackdown

Deputy Salem city manager to depart in April: What to know 

Business/Economic News

Trump presses Federal Reserve to cut rates

The soft underbelly of U.S. job growth

Natural Resource News

Trump’s controversial logging orders: A win-win or recipe for continued conflict?

Health News

Former surgeon general blasts RFK Jr.’s rhetoric, highlights herd immunity amid measles outbreak

Clinic closures, firings, buyouts: Northwest tribes sound alarm about cuts to health care, education and other key services

Education News

Teachers union, NAACP set to sue over Trump dismantling of Department of Education

Energy & Environment

U.S. Supreme Court declines to revive landmark climate suit brought by young Oregonians

International News

South Africa president says persecution of whites a ‘false narrative’ as Musk repeats genocide claim

National News

Atlantic journalist says Trump officials included him in war plans group chat

Trump says he knows nothing of Atlantic journalist swept up in war plan text chain

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in rehiring of federal workers

Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers

Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies

Appeals judge: ‘Nazis got better treatment’ under Alien Enemies Act

National Political News

Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in case over deportations under wartime law

5 takeaways from Trump officials war planning group chat breach

Fox’s Brit Hume on Hegseth’s response to war plans texts: ‘Oh for God’s sake’

Thune: GOP will find out how journalist was included in Trump war plans chat group

“Heads should roll”: Congress erupts over stunning Trump admin leak

Trump admin rejects Colorado River water request from Mexico in first since 1944

Top 4 takeaways from Trump Cabinet’s explosive leak of Yemen war plans

Johnson, Thune shrug off judicial impeachments push

Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences

Rising anger among Democrats fuels talk of Tea Party-style backlash

Wyden: Democrats shouldn’t make Republicans job ‘any easier’ by helping them raise debt limit

Tariff News

EU to delay retaliatory tariffs on US whiskey, other exports

The mystery of Trump’s tariff bomb

Trump administration will narrow scope of “tariff day”: reports

Trump says countries that buy Venezuelan oil will face 25% tariff

Government Employment News

USPS head Louis DeJoy steps down as Trump officials consider Postal Service overhaul

Opinion

Trump’s tariffs will be his own downfall

In Trump versus the Constitution, Congress is backing the wrong side

Behind the Curtain: Dems’ dark, deep hole