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Oregon News

Oregon drivers must remove studded tires before April 1

How Oregon’s laws on forcing mental health treatment could change this year

Oregon is free of drought for first time since autumn 2019

Oregon Political News

Oregon Senate Advances Bill to Increase Difficulty of Banning Books in Schools

Coalition Tells Lawmakers to Keep Their Hands Off Bottle Bill

PacifiCorp contributes to bills throughout West to limit liability in wildfires

Metropolitan Portland News

Many Portland-area residents say they never use government services. Actually, they do

Portland in lead of cities prohibiting AI rent hikes

Portland State University dodges impact of new federal rules on undocumented students

Willamette Valley News

Faculty, administrators at the University of Oregon bargain into the evening in attempt to avoid strike

Where Salem ranks in list of best state capitals to live in 2025

Corvallis EPA on pins and needles after elimination threats

OSU police chief on administrative leave won’t come back

Albany teachers union files labor complaint

Strike stopped: UO, faculty reach tentative agreement

Southern Oregon

Manufactured home parks in Phoenix, south Medford seek Firewise status

Business/Economic News

UPS will cut more than 200 workers as it temporarily closes its North Portland shipping hub for upgrades

S&P 500 and Nasdaq end worst quarter since 2022 as new tariffs loom

Online rumors claim Chipotle is closing all its restaurants. Is that true?

Health News

Oregon researchers discover how to flip the switch on hibernation. It could eventually save your life

RFK Jr. ‘already vindicating his critics’: Wall Street Journal

RFK Jr. defends HHS job cuts: ‘We’re not cutting front-line workers’

Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood

Hospital mergers alarm experts. OHSU says its acquisition of Legacy Health will be different

Education News

White House targets billions in funding to Harvard

International News

Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

Rescuers sift through Myanmar earthquake debris as window to find survivors closes

The head of Africa CDC thought news of a U.S. aid freeze must be ‘a joke.’ Now what?

Putin tests limits of Trump’s patience in ceasefire talks 

Greenland’s new prime minister: U.S. ‘will not get’ island

Israel to reoccupy 25% of Gaza to press Hamas to release hostages, official says

National News

Bondi dismisses Biden-era lawsuit against Georgia election law

American progress in peril

As Trump attacks rule of law, experts wonder how much Supreme Court will stand up to him

National Political News

Presidents can be elected twice. Trump could try end runs around that, experts say

Trump sparks debate with third-term talk

Grassley unveils bill to limit reach of judicial rulings

Trump approval rating dips: Poll

Klobuchar: ‘Israel was incredibly angry’ about Signal leak

Trump administration deports more migrants to Salvadoran prison

White House says Signal controversy is ‘closed’

The 22nd Amendment: Why Trump can’t be elected a third time

Four Ways Trump Could Snatch a Third Term — Despite the 22nd Amendment

Republicans hesitant to stand behind Trump’s plan for student loans

Tariff News

Tariff Gambit Bets Americans Will Swallow Higher Prices

World teeters on edge, awaiting Trump’s tariff revenge

Canada pays for Florida highway signs skewering Trump tariffs

DOGE News

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems

Former head of Social Security says Elon Musk and DOGE are wrong about the agency

Majority of voters, plurality of GOP say Hegseth should resign: Poll

Opinion

A $6 Trillion Trump Tax Increase?

Judges, stay in your lane and stay out of politics 

Why Trump Is coming for the lawyers

Everybody hates Elon. But why?