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Oregon News

Oregon homelessness and eviction support programs face layoffs as state funding drops

Oregon’s Public Workers Can’t Find Out Which Private Investments in Their PERS Fund Actually Made Money

In Oregon, Confusion Still Reigns on COVID Vaccine Access

Oregon joins lawsuit against Trump over Columbia River agreement

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon Senate Republicans have a new leader

OPB’s First Look: Housing budget strains Oregon social services network

Oregon Senate Republicans replace leadership as speculation swirls about federal job

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Lane County fires: Foley Ridge remains at 0% containment

Southern Oregon

‘Still feeling it’: Phoenix-Talent School District enrollment remains low, five years after Almeda Fire

State expanding modular housing manufacturing

Business & Economic News

What could come after interest rate cuts this week

Trump says public companies should not have to report quarterly results

Republicans put tech firms in a vise on Kirk social-media posts

Oregon mass layoffs approach Great Recession levels

Education News

Historically Black colleges see funding boost despite Trump’s war on DEI

Oregon missed out on $48 million in rural school, community funds since act expired, report finds

Energy & Environment

Sweeping California climate bills heading to Newsom’s desk

Health News

RFK Jr. taps new vaccine panel members: Here’s who he picked

Applications for ‘big beautiful’ rural health fund open for states

1 in 6 parents reject vaccine recommendations: Poll

Under Pressure as Costs Rise, the State Sweetens the Offer for Insurers That Run the Oregon Health Plan

Natural Resource/Agriculture News

Trump administration considering economic aid for farmers: Agriculture secretary

International News

Scoop: Netanyahu spoke to Trump before Israel bombed Qatar

South Korea investigates human rights abuses in Georgia Hyundai plant raid

National Campaign News/Polls

A record number of Congressional lawmakers aren’t running for reelection in 2026. Here’s the list

National Political News

Trump backs Patel amid MAGA divide over FBI director

Stephen Miller blames “terrorist networks” for Kirk’s death, stoking MAGA outrage

Trump says foreign experts welcome after South Korean outrage over raid

Lawmakers set to grill Kash Patel in back-to-back hearings

Greene revives call for ‘national divorce’ after Kirk killing

Trump says US forces carried out second strike on alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers

GOP momentum grows to force Trump DOJ to release Epstein files

Ohio Republican ‘out on another CR for the sake of more government’

House GOP eyes stopgap into November to avert shutdown

Who is Fed nominee Stephen Miran, and why is he so controversial?

Trump administration joins Republicans’ campaign to police speech in reaction to Kirk’s murder

Military/Defense

Scoop: Congressman wants to use drones to stop assassinations

Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis, calling it a ‘replica’ of his crackdown on Washington

Opinion

Editorial: Choosing the path away from political violence

Behind the Curtain: Four ominous trends

Rejecting King Solomon’s wisdom, the Supreme Court bows to ideology

Blind justice no more: The Supreme Court has sanctioned racial profiling 

Lefty lunatics? Trump can’t pretend he doesn’t traffic in violent rhetoric