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Oregon News

Oregon is getting hotter. This state program is helping thousands of renters stay cool

Oregon’s Short School Years Worsen Effects of Chronic Absenteeism

Oregon leaders go to bat for ballpark but skeptics say ‘the finances don’t make a lot of sense’

Oregon Political News

Fan Fairness & Transparency Act Clears Oregon House of Representatives

Oregon Senate votes to repeal contentious wildfire map

Oregon Republican lawmakers tiptoe around Trump administration’s tariffs, their impact on Oregon

Oregon House votes to protect consumers from data center power costs

Metropolitan Portland News

St. Helens High School principal, facing charges, resigns

Sen. Wyden meets Portland seniors to talk Trump threats to social services, Meals on Wheels

Morillo Pauses AI Software Ban Proposal Amid Berkeley Lawsuit Over Similar Policy

Earth Day inspires youth rally at Portland City Hall: ‘We are the ones’ to lead, organizer says

Portland city councilor threatens PSU project funding over response to pro-Palestinian library takeover

Portland dropped bid for Bull Run filtration project exemption after Oregon senator pulled support

Portlanders say volunteering is important. Why are so few of them actually doing it?

Willamette Valley News

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek backs Salem livability levy, concept of state payment to capital city

Southern Oregon

Josephine County losing more top managers amid workforce upheaval

OIT proposes 2nd state medical school to address rural physician shortage

New security measures implemented at Medford City Hall

Business/Economic News

Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Federal Reserve chair

Gold soars to a new high as economic uncertainty deepens. Here’s what to know

Wall Street rallies and recovers Monday’s losses as the dollar and US bond market steady

Major pharmacy chain to pay $300 million in massive opioid lawsuit settlement

Tesla earnings plunge 71 percent in first quarter

Public Safety

Private security guards accused of forcibly dragging woman from chaotic town hall meeting

Natural Resource News

BLM issues nearly $28M to Western Oregon Counties from timber revenue

Health News

Trump administration mulling $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ payments to encourage women to have more children

Republican senator asks Kennedy to restore HHS staff that worked on coal miner health

RFK Jr. wants to ban food dyes — but voluntarily 

Transportation News

Port of Portland revokes equity policy over federal funding concerns

Port of Portland revokes DEI policies to comply with Trump’s orders

Education News

Western Oregon University becomes federally recognized Hispanic-serving institution

Oregon college presidents join national move denouncing ‘political interference’ at U.S. colleges

U.S. Education Department to restart defaulted student loan collections

Education Department cuts threaten summer learning programs

Energy & Environment

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day

Trump Energy secretary: Clean energy tax credits a ‘big mistake’

International News

Ukraine’s Zelensky Pushes Back on U.S. Peace Plan

Trump’s “final offer” for peace requires Ukraine to accept Russian occupation

National News

Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

Hundreds of scholars say US is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

’60 Minutes’ chief resigns, saying show’s independence was compromised

Immigrants in the US unlawfully can drive legally in 19 states. Now some states want to stop them

Judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America

America’s fact fight fades

National Campaign News

EXCLUSIVE: Newsom on Democrats: ‘I don’t know what the party is’

Arizona Democrats roiled by infighting ahead of midterms

Senate Dems are getting bullish about prized recruit Roy Cooper

National Political News

Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus

Trump team bickers, points fingers amid latest administration flubs

White House mulls a GOP unthinkable: More taxes on millionaires

Pete Hegseth, isolated and defiant, has Trump’s backing for now

Trump approval rating slips amid concerns about moves to expand influence: Survey

Tariff News

Trump says tariff on China will ‘come down substantially’ from 145 percent

Tariffs hang heavy over ad market

White House is ‘close’ on Japan, India tariff agreements — but expect them to be light on specifics

DOGE News

Live updates: Elon Musk plans to scale back at DOGE and dedicate more time to Tesla

US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’

Oregonians register alarm over DOGE in First Quarter of 2025

Shouting, pointed DOGE questions at Donalds town hall

Opinion

As I See It: Silly me. I thought the EPA’s job was, you know, protection

Trump Promised ‘Big, Beautiful’ Deals. Delivering Has Been Tougher.

The judicial hubris of Chief Judge Boasberg

What Thomas Paine would say to Americans today

Trump’s tariffs, in perspective, unquestionably put ‘America First’

Trump and Xi ‘playing a game of chicken’: Kevin O’Leary