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Oregon News

Oregon launches statewide recycling system

Oregon’s bias hotline sees first decline in reports since launch

Oregon Transportation Department says 10% of state road workers will be laid off by August

Nearly 500 Oregon transportation workers get layoff notices after ‘preventable’ funding emergency

‘Sobering gut check’: Report shows more spam calls, less victim reports to Oregon bias hotline

ODOT Chief Details Layoffs in Staff Email

9th Circuit revives Oregon lawsuit over short school days for special education students

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon lawmakers failed to find billions for roads. Now what?

Lawmakers passed slate of bills meant to address state’s ‘woefully short’ housing supply

Oregon recreation liability bills fall short in legislative session – yet again

Oregon Wildfire News

Fires in Diamond Lake District

Metropolitan Portland News

Thousands report illegal fireworks in Portland through new complaint system

Roughly 50 Portland transportation workers face layoffs

How Beaverton’s long-term bet on its downtown is paying off

Central/Eastern Oregon

Pendleton passes ordinance to protect local Uber drivers

Southern Oregon

Future of horse racing in Grants Pass looks stable “for a long time.”

Business/Economic News

List of closing Rite Aid pharmacies grows to nearly 1,200, more than 100 in Oregon and Washington

Intel layoffs begin: Chipmaker is cutting many thousands of jobs

Tesla shares plunge again as politics, China weigh on Musk

Summers: No economist ‘without a strong political agenda’ says Trump bill good for economy 

Public Safety

Oregon police academy bans Sig Sauer handgun

Natural Resource News

Agriculture secretary pledges quick action on farm labor

Health News

RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed

Docs sue RFK Jr. over COVID vax policy changes

CDC winds down emergency response to bird flu

US measles cases surge to highest since disease was ‘eliminated’

Transportation News

Passage of Trump Tax Bill Imperils Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion and Caps

Energy & Environment

Trump’s first EPA promised to crack down on ‘forever chemicals.’ His second EPA Is pulling back.

DOE warns of power outages if fossil plants shut down

International News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet President Trump Monday

Israeli officials think Trump could give them green light to attack Iran again

Halted military aid for Ukraine may start flowing again

Russian minister dies hours after being sacked by Putin

National News

DOJ says no evidence Jeffrey Epstein had a ‘client list’ or blackmailed associates

Top MAGA voices stunned by Trump administration debunking Epstein theories
As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges

Death toll from Texas flooding rises to more than 100 as search continues for missing

Deadly Texas floods leave officials pointing fingers after warnings missed

MAGA influencers fume over DOJ’s Epstein memo

Judge demands DOJ explain Abrego Garcia plans: ‘It’s like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall’

Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defunding’ in Trump megabill

Bondi under siege after Justice Department reveals no Epstein client list

Storms threaten Texas with more flooding as death toll surpasses 100

National Campaign News/Polls

Elon Musk acts on political threat over Trump’s signature tax cuts law

Democrats told to “get shot” for the anti-Trump resistance

Musk and Yang have connected on the billionaire’s third party threat

Medicaid cuts could define midterms

National Political News

Trump administration ends protected status for Honduras, Nicaragua

Trump bill’s health effects won’t be felt until after midterms

When will key aspects of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ take effect? 

Tariff/Trade News

How Trump’s tariffs could affect Oregon’s key exports and imports

Trump floats high tariffs on Japan, Korea and more countries by Aug. 1

Global trade (back) in limbo

BRICS group raises ‘serious concerns’ with increased tariffs

Trump announces new tariffs of up to 40% on a growing number of countries

Government Employee News

Veterans Affairs dramatically scales back layoffs to less than half of initial plan

Opinion

The military is stronger with its transgender service members and veterans

Capital Chatter: Democracy is a messy business — even in Oregon

Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package: commentary

How Elon Musk’s Third Party Gamble Could Succeed

A radical plan to make children a national priority

America isn’t prepared for a strike against our nuclear weapons 

‘Tariff Man’ Is Back for More ‘Liberation’