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Oregon News

Study finds money poured into rural Oregon under Biden-era programs recently cut by Republicans

Gov. Kotek weighs whether to veto funds for Willamette Falls inter-tribal project

Oregon gives its first ever ‘certificate of innocence’ for wrongful conviction

How heat waves are changing in the Pacific Northwest

Oregon increasing beaver protections to help salmon, slow wildfires

Oregonians could soon have less input on more than half the land in the state

Oregon State Parks implements $10 parking fee at 21 new locations

Kotek may veto livestock preg check bill, raising retaliation suspicion

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon’s US senators split on weapons sales to Israel as Gaza death toll passes 60,000

Petition to recall Gov. Tina Kotek approved to collect signatures

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Mt. Nebo wildland fire 100% trailed, 40% mopped up

Portland/Metro News

Portland violated former commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s constitutional rights, judge finds

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Pendleton UAS Test Range to launch military drone operations courses

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Five years later, Blue River’s recovery efforts march on

Southern Oregon

Under budget strain, SOU could ax 15 majors

Josephine County commissioners approve application for low-income housing repair grant

Bailey says SOU ‘building’ to a $60M university, 15% off current budget; athletics could lose $1.1M

Ashland residents to protest over past and pending city budgetary decisions

New Klamath Crimson Rose facility helps young girls with criminal charges

Klamath County Board of Commissioners meeting ‘Zoombombed’

Business/Economic News

Stagflation fears are back

Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction

It’s a Scorching Hot Summer for Deals on Wall Street. Vacation Can Wait.

Education News

Bill Maher defends Trump’s university fight: ‘They became indoctrination factories’

SOU unveils proposed plan to cut 15% of its budget over three years

Energy & Environment

EPA chief defends move to repeal 2009 finding that pollution endangers human health

Judge in PacifiCorp Wildfire Trials Wants to Quadruple the Court’s Pace

Health News

Sick birds released in break-in at Bird Alliance of Oregon

Natural Resource News

BLM timber sales in Oregon bring in nearly $13.5 million

Transportation News

ODOT data issues remain unresolved years after being identified

International News

“No piecemeal deals”: Witkoff tells hostage families Trump wants full Gaza agreement

The Memo: Putin and Netanyahu vex Trump on the world stage

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies uncover drone procurement graft scheme

In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid

National News

Office of Special Counsel to probe potential Hatch Act violations by former Special Counsel Jack Smith

Boeing workers who build fighter jets plan to go on strike

Smithsonian slated to restore Trump impeachment exhibit

Federal judge halts Trump TPS policy, accuses DHS of making migrants ‘atone for their race’

Canada wildfires cause poor air quality in the midwest and northeast U.S.

National Campaign News/Polls

Texas Dems leave state in bid to block Trump-backed redistricting vote

MAGA’s warning to Trump’s heir

‘More like a blue trickle’: Dems are hoping for a blue wave that might not happen

Dem governors call for redistricting amid Texas push

Ex-DOJ attorneys are running for office — some to fight Trump policies

What to know about legislator walkouts as Texas Democrats flee state

‘A gun to a knife fight’: Democrats’ chief pledges a more pugnacious party in more states

National Political News

U.S. jobs data “very unreliable,” top Trump econ adviser says

“Nuclear option” lingers over Senate as members leave for August recess

Senate GOP eyes recess appointments as stalemate drags on

Trump fires labor statistics chief after weak jobs report

Trump’s authoritarian streak

Padilla on BLS chief firing: ‘I think an investigation is certainly in order’

Trump admin live updates: Trump, Schumer trade barbs over Senate nominations

Senate confirms ex-Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for nation’s capital

Tariff/Trade News

Hassett says market won’t influence Trump’s tariffs: ‘These are the final deals’

Trump levies a host of new tariffs on U.S. trading partners

Government Employee News

ICE recruits former federal workers to join its ranks amid hiring spree

Opinion

Editorial: Politics is not a ‘safe space’

Most education reformers have no idea what parents and kids want — and they don’t care

Trump is undermining his own law that prevents mass atrocities

How foreign policy could crash Republican midterm prospects

Opinion: ODOT’s crisis is a spending problem, not a revenue problem