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Oregon News

Oregon Humanities loses half its income as Trump administration cuts National Endowment grant

Trump’s tariffs could cost Oregonians thousands — Here’s how

State to pay $465K settlement in ODOT whistleblower suit

Oregon Political News

Oregon Democrats unveil ambitious road funding proposal. Now the haggling begins

Oregon bill would mandate health care employers prevent, report workplace violence

Oregon Democrats unveil $1.9 billion transportation funding plan

Metropolitan Portland News

3 Portland councilors propose PCEF tax hike to backfill city budget

Portland lawyer wants to create county fund to pay up to $2,500 to property crime victims

Oregon Coast

Oregon Supreme Court says ‘misleading marketing’ case against Tillamook can move forward

Fired federal employees reinstated at popular Oregon coast destination

Coos County Urban Renewal Agency holds crucial discussion on its future

Central/Eastern Oregon

Harney County defends its jail while lobbying to replace it

Willamette Valley News

Conservative Legal Group Challenges University of Oregon Scholarships

Salem eliminates deputy city manager job amid shortfall

Benton County union aggrieved over pay during snow closure

Southern Oregon

Salmon return to the Klamath’s Oregon waters, but the river’s headwaters are still blocked

Sellers now is county ‘director of operations’

Business/Economic News

Dow drops 1,500 points on trade war fears over new tariffs

More homes are finally hitting the spring market. Will buyers take the plunge?

Fear that Trump tariffs will spark recession wipes out more than $2 trillion in value from US stocks

Trump says things are ‘going very well’ after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs

S&P 500 Is Down Almost 5% as Trump’s Moves Stun Markets

A Market-Rattling Attempt to Make the American Economy Trump Always Wanted

Stellantis halts production at assembly plants in Canada, Mexico after Trump auto tariffs

Coffee, shrimp, other food prices could soar with Trump tariffs

Health News

Asante faces mounting lawsuits ahead of former nurse’s criminal hearing in Medford

On top of layoffs, HHS ordered to cut 35% of spending on contracts

Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency

Judge to temporarily block Trump administration from yanking $11B in health funds from states including Oregon

Education News

States ordered by U.S. Education Department to certify school DEI ban or lose funds

Energy & Environment

As Colorado River declines, states are failing to tap an alternate resource

International News

Russia escapes Trump Tariffs, as envoy pushes deals with Washington

The US is negotiating a minerals deal with conflict-hit Congo, a Trump official says

National News

Judge considers ‘contempt’ after Trump officials stonewall ruling on migrant removal flights

Trump ordered to pay legal fees in ‘Steele dossier’ lawsuit

Pentagon watchdog investigating Hegseth’s use of Signal

National Political News

Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar

Trump fires NSC officials a day after far-right activist raises concerns to him about staff loyalty

Senate GOP budget resolution sets stage for raising debt limit by as much as $5 trillion

Trump approval slips to lowest point in second term: Survey

White House defends not including Russia, North Korea on tariffs

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to give Congress more power over tariffs

Trump’s second-term honeymoon might be over

US government personnel in China banned from romantic, sexual relations with Chinese citizens

Tariff News

Trump’s tariffs are so far-reaching they include several remote, uninhabited islands

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs on Canada

How much will tariffs raise prices? Trump’s economists just revealed their answer

Trump contradicts aides, talking points on purpose of global tariffs

What tariffs could mean for US workers, consumers and the economy

5 surprises from Trump’s sweeping new tariffs

Leavitt: Trump tariffs won’t lead to ‘pain’ for American-owned businesses or US workers

World leaders react to Trump’s sweeping tariffs

Trump tariff plan launches a raft of penguin memes

DOGE News

Pentagon offering new round of voluntary resignations, retirements

Oregon Humanities Is the Latest Victim of DOGE Cuts

Opinion

Gov. Tina Kotek appears to have a clear path through next election

Trump and His ‘Little Disturbance’ From Tariffs

Impeaching judges should never be off the table

Save NPR and PBS — but without the government money

Signalgate scandal has long distance legs 

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