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Oregon News

Oregon State Hospital releases plan to prevent future patient deaths

Northwest’s electricity demand could double in the next 20 years

Thousands of Oregon, Washington children at risk if Head Start ends, lawsuit alleges

Advocates for Oregon foster kids hit by funding cuts from Trump administration, Congress

Oregon Political News

State lawmakers launch group to spur ‘guaranteed income’ cash to residents

An Oregon Senate Bill Would Make Tech Giants Share Their Wealth With the News Business

Oregon lawmakers pass bill to make lottery winners anonymous

Metropolitan Portland News

County Chair’s Proposed Budget Halves Employment Program for Homeless People

Murmurs: Teachers’ Union Tells Labor Coalition to Reject Police

Central/Eastern Oregon

Judge allows removal of homeless campers in national forest outside Bend to proceed

Willamette Valley News

OSU student suing Trump administration asks judge to preserve visa until lawsuit settles

Sweet Home mayor takes heat after National Day of Prayer proclamation

Judge sides with 4J, others in lawsuit over DEI, funding threats

Lane County health clinics face budget cuts

Southern Oregon

Josephine commissioners end expansion of Blech’s powers

Local residents, workers can take online surveys on wildfire preparedness and response

Klamath County Sheriff speaks out against state representative’s ‘misinformation’

Business/Economic News

Trump’s manufacturing renaissance could mean more jobs for robots

This is Trump’s stock market, like it or not

100 days of Trump’s impact on the U.S. dollar

Microsoft Flexes Muscle in Cloud, Office and Windows as Earnings Jump

Trump says he should get time on economy

The US economy shrinks as Trump’s tariffs spark recession fears

Natural Resource News

New report outlines drought, pests, disease, ‘biggest threats’ to Oregon’s trees

Health News

The real cost of smaller companies cutting back on health benefits

Transportation News

California high-speed rail leader pushes state to support private investment

Oregon gas tax may rise less than projected after officials fixed key state transportation study

Education News

Education Department cuts about $1B in federal school mental health grants

Corvallis elementary students music class cut to once a week

Energy & Environment

Senate passes bill to repeal Biden-era rule on energy standards for appliances

International News

U.S. and Ukraine to sign minerals deal today: Ukrainian official

Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries

El Salvador’s President Quietly Questioned U.S. Over Deportees’ Gang Ties

National News

From subs to bases, “climate change crap” has consequences for U.S. military

Supreme Court seems open to religious public charter schools

New York Times fires back after Trump threat

National Campaign News

Gina Raimondo considering presidential bid

National Political News

Top 4 moments from Speaker Johnson’s Axios interview

Exclusive: Johnson would call Trump before raising alarm on constitutional power

Collins says Trump’s research cuts ‘must be reversed’

Capitol agenda: The megabill has mega issues

3 House Democrats ask to be removed from Trump impeachment resolution

Trump’s sagging poll numbers become a concern for GOP

5 takeaways from Trump’s contentious 100-day interview with ABC

Deportations, tariffs and federal workforce cuts define Trump’s second-term start

Tariff News

First Trump-era GDP report signals mass tariff preparation

Trump on possible toy shortage: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30”

The Senate is poised to again reject Trump’s tariffs

Opinion

Trump is proving too incompetent to be an authoritarian

Democrats have fallen into a narrative trap with Kilmar Abrego Garcia 

Medicaid work-requirements are great, but states need flexibility to make them work

Remember when Democrats couldn’t win?

Op-ed: Klamath County deserves better than a pharmacy desert