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Oregon News

Climate change may be fueling tree pest outbreaks in Oregon

Oregon’s sanctuary hotline sees nearly 300% reporting increase

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon lawmakers passed governor’s groundwater bill, but not without defections

Oregon Legislature wraps up a busy session

Oregon Gov. Kotek slams ‘disappointing’ legislative inaction on road funding

Conservative who once backed Republican state Rep. Cyrus Javadi attempts to get him recalled

ODOT director calls legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary’ warns of layoffs

Oregon Legislature approves tax for wildfires, survivor bill fails

Bills to protect ski areas, wildlife habitat die in Oregon Legislature

Oregon Wildfire News

ODF breaks down misconceptions about human-caused fires

Bly Mountain Polar Fire under control, evacuation orders lifted

Metropolitan Portland News

City Council Gets Closer to Settling on a Parks Levy for the November Ballot

Death of State Transportation Package Puts Portland’s Road Maintenance “at Risk,” City Says

PPS Audit on Bond Projects Finds Delays and Overspending

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Linn County adopts $279M budget

Southern Oregon

UPDATE: Fire crews contend with multiple starts following Monday night storms; evac order canceled

Tomorrow Needs You: Nancy’s Story of Survival and Strength – Part 1

Oregon Lawmakers react to wrapped legislative session, feeling accomplished

Business/Economic News

Dow Gains 400 Points

Nike executives expect Trump tariffs to cost footwear giant $1 billion

In a lawsuit, Lululemon accuses Costco of selling knockoffs of the athleisure brand

Tesla shares hit another Trump slump as feud between president and Musk reaches a boil

Education News

The Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in education grants for schools

What education-related bills did Oregon lawmakers pass in 2025?

School cell phone ban among bills the Oregon Legislature did not pass

Energy & Environment

USDA to scale back NEPA’s role in agency actions

International News

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides’ emails: Report

Mexican banks face cascading consequences following US sanctions

National News

DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship

Trump visits ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: What to know about Florida’s migrant detention facility

Supreme Court pushes right in term stocked with Trump cases

FBI announces move to new D.C. headquarters

National Campaign News/Polls

American pride plummets to new low

Dems plot to use Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to oust GOP in 2026

Seven and counting? Tally of open Senate seats continues to climb

Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem

National Political News

Senate Republicans shock the House with a supercharged megabill

Johnson on the megabill: ‘I’m not happy with what the Senate did to our product’

Senate passes Trump’s megabill after pulling all-nighter

Lisa Murkowski says it was ‘agonizing’ to vote for the megabill

Final Senate megabill to ease wind and solar phaseout

“Something for everyone”: Trump praises Senate’s “big, beautiful bill”

Trump’s megabill: What are the next steps and hurdles after Senate passage

Trump says DOGE may “go back and eat Elon”

What made the cut in Senate’s nearly 1,000-page policy megabill?

Five takeaways as Senate ships Trump’s megabill to House

House conservatives threaten floor revolt over Trump megabill

Greene touts removal of AI provision from GOP megabill as ‘huge win for federalism’

Comparing the Medicaid cuts in House and Senate “big, beautiful bill”

FACT FOCUS: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ does not let him delay or cancel elections

Tariff/Trade News

Trump’s tariffs kept Fed from cutting rates, Jerome Powell says

Wheat, coffee, computer chips: How Trump’s tariffs could affect Oregon’s key exports and imports

Government Employee News

Federal judge finds HHS mass layoffs likely unlawful

Opinion

Our elected officials are bankrupting the government  

Workers want flexibility, even if it lowers their pay, hurts their careers 

Is ‘No Kings’ a new Tea Party in the making?

This ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ got even worse