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Oregon News

Oregon’s unemployment rate edges up in February

Oregon looks to expand per-mile charges for electric cars as gas tax sputters

The State Failed to Set Aside Sufficient Money to Cover Legal Liabilities Even as Risks Increased

Oregon officials say Trump’s voting executive order likely to face legal challenges

REAL ID deadline approaches for Oregonians

Gov. Kotek seeks answers from state utility commission amid public outcry over rising utility rates

OEM encourages caution today as severe weather moves into Western Oregon

Oregon Political News

Trump administration funding freeze creates uncertainty for Oregon urban tree canopy programs

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

Metropolitan Portland News

City Council Committee Spars Over Policy Process: “I Feel This Committee Is Being Ramrodded”

Portland City Council weighs ban on using algorithms to set rents

Portlanders’ attitudes about crime and drugs show dramatic change, poll finds. What happened?

Central/Eastern Oregon

Bend homelessness advocates press US Forest Service to delay fuels reduction project

Willamette Valley News

Polk County commissioners award solid waste franchise

Eugene’s CAHOOTS program at risk, workers laid off as funding dries up

Southern Oregon

Attorneys debate future of homeless camping in GP

Medford offers 2-day, free wood-chipping service to reduce wildfire risk around homes

Business/Economic News

Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress

Kroger blames Albertsons for merger’s demise in new court filings

Transportation News

House Dems call on Pentagon to reduce air traffic near DCA after fatal crash

Amtrak pulls aging railcars from Cascades route due to safety concerns

Health News

Trump administration to end funding for vaccinating children in poor countries

Senate confirms Trump’s nominee to run NIH

5 high-level officials leave CDC

Education News

Here’s What the Trump Administration’s Cuts to Education Mean for Oregon

Energy & Environment

Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states

International News

How Europeans are reacting to the Yemen war plans group chat

National News

Appeals court won’t lift Boasberg’s order blocking Alien Enemies Act

Judge who ruled against Trump deportation flights will oversee Signal lawsuit

Supreme Court upholds federal regulation banning ‘ghost guns’

National Political News

What is the ‘state secrets privilege’ invoked by the Trump administration?

The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth’s detailed attack plans against the Houthis

White House scrambles to contain Signal chat fallout

Hegseth moves to center of Signal chat firestorm

Duckworth: ‘Pete Hegseth is a ‘f‑‑‑ing liar’

Poll before Signal scandal shows public unhappy with Trump appointees

Trump signs order targeting mail-in ballots, proof of citizenship in federal elections

White House taps Musk to investigate Signal chat mishap

Houthi group chat: What top Trump officials claimed vs. what the texts show

‘A lot of people’s BS meters are going to go off’: GOP deals with Signalgate

White House press secretary declines to rule out firings over Signal leak scandal

NPR, PBS heads answer lawmakers’ allegations of bias

DOGE says it needs to know the government’s most sensitive data, but can’t say why

Tariff News

Trump announces 25 percent tariff on all car imports

Government Employment News

Federal workers ordered back to office find shortages of desks, Wi-Fi and toilet paper

Opinion

Congress has the power to save the presidency from the courts 

Trump is using weapons that liberals helped build

The Paul Weiss settlement is a disgrace

A Shock to the GOP From MAGA Country

Renewable energy, not nuclear, is the Oregon way

Editorial: Bentz should face all of his Southern Oregon constituents