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Oregon News

What economic uncertainty means for Oregon’s revenue projections

Oregon Political News /Polls

Gov. Tina Kotek’s transportation plan could reshape how Oregonians think about electric vehicles

OPB’s First Look: Electric vehicles’ two cents

‘OPB Politics Now’: The politics of Gov. Kotek’s special session on transportation funding

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Oregon wildfire updates: Emigrant Fire continues to grow

6 ways to visualize the 2020 Labor Day fires

2020 wildfire victims left behind in billion dollar PacifiCorp trial

Lane County fire encroaches into Douglas County

Portland/Metro News

Portland Developer Rallies Blumenauer, Schnitzer and Others to Fight Foreclosure

Inconsistencies Continue to Emerge in Case of Ex-Preschool for All Director

Portland city councilors will travel to Austria for housing junket

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Umatilla resident files petition to recall mayor

Willamette Valley/Salem News

George Fox University’s focus on religion and popular programs attracts record number of students to campus

Samaritan won’t close birthing center in Lebanon — for now

The lawsuits against Albany property management company pile up

Public safety funding: Will Lane County pursue new taxes?

Southern Oregon

Even after revisions, ‘no one is happy’ about Southern Oregon University’s proposed financial plan

Atkinson sworn in as UPTD director amid civil case

Grants Pass city manager’s letter clashes with views of mayor, city councilors

SOU to preserve 7 majors that were destined for budgetary chopping block

FBI-indicted Jacksonville contractor pleads not guilty to charges in drive-by shootings

Business & Economic News

Thousands of pressure washers recalled because they might explode

Average mortgage rate slips to 10-month low

US economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growth

Triple trouble drive beef prices to record high

Ford recalls 355K+ trucks over instrument panel error: NHTSA 

Energy & Environment

Oregon wood treater polluted a town’s water with a now-banned chemical. Regulators didn’t stop it.

Health News

US Senate health committee leaders question CDC tumult

Oregon hospitals sink into losses as costs climb, state analysis shows

GOP Health chair Bill Cassidy vows Senate oversight after CDC shake-up

RFK Jr. defends CDC shake-up after high-level resignations

RFK Jr. says ‘aggregation of causes’ likely leads to autism

Natural Resource News

Trump officials plan to remove protections on 2 million acres of national forests in Oregon

COVID is spiking again, especially in these states

Transportation News

West Coast fuel prices going up as rest of country enjoys reprieve

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision

International News

North Korea’s Kim will meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade

Israel increasingly bars foreign doctors who want to volunteer in Gaza

Tesla sales plunge again in Europe as anger at Musk keeps buyers away for 7th month in a row

What’s at stake in Russia’s bid for Ukraine’s Donetsk territory?

67 percent pessimistic Russia, Ukraine peace deal will be reached: Gallup

National News

Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers

Fed Governor Cook sues Trump, blasts attack on central bank’s autonomy

Border czar: ‘I don’t particularly like masks, but the agents need the mask’

National Campaign News/Polls

Trump’s approval rating hits record low of second term: Poll

Former MLB player Mark Teixeira running for open House seat in Texas

Exclusive: Texas Senate hopeful Colin Allred unveils anti-corruption plan

National Political News

GOP senators express unease over RFK Jr.’s CDC shake-up

Trump taps RFK Jr. deputy as interim CDC director

Hegseth says Chinese nationals no longer allowed to work on Pentagon cloud

Dem leaders push to reverse Trump cuts in shutdown fight

Exclusive: Senate Dems launch “budget-buster” site targeting GOP costs

Government Employee News

CDC officials escorted from headquarters as chaos engulfs public health agency

Military/Veteran News

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

Opinion

Oregon’s different way on liquor store privatization

7 reasons a government shutdown is likely this fall

The Project 2025 Senate candidate who could unseat Lindsey Graham

RFK Jr. cannot be contained

Bill Pulte and His Book of Liar Loans

Why the bond market remains so calm amid Trump’s Fed war

Trump Is Weaponizing the Government Against His Enemies. It Doesn’t Mean He’ll Succeed.