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Oregon/Northwest News

What to know about the Interstate Bridge Replacement’s rising price tag

Oregon Political News

Bill in Salem Would Put the Squeeze on Speculative Ticketers

Oregon Election News

Democratic primary heats up for one of Oregon’s few truly competitive House seats

Portland/Metro News

How Can 955 Home Forward Units Sit Empty When 7,500 People Are Sleeping Outside?

Balancing Enrollment in North and Northeast Portland Shows the Consequences of Overbuilding High School Capacity

Hundreds found in violation of Portland’s camping ban, only 20 cited

Central & Eastern Oregon News

‘OPB Politics Now’: Deschutes County political maps spark debate; plus groundwater contamination in Eastern Oregon

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene Airport seeks sources of public and private support to fund a concourse expansion

Are package thieves following delivery trucks in Eugene?

See how much homes prices fell in Lane County recently

Southern Oregon News

Douglas County fined $35,000 by DEQ over methane gas testing

Douglas County Commissioners issue proclamation for National Guard, recognize staff achievements

Board to meet Friday, discuss vacancy

Commissioner Chris Barnett urging voters to vote no on recall ballot

Medford council tries to hash out how to hire next city manager

Business & Economic News

Oregon’s unemployment rate hits 5.2% in September, 1% higher than this time last year

Unemployment rose in half the states in September, worst in Oregon

Education News

Willamette, Pacific universities announce plan to merge

Energy & Environment News

NW Natural alternative fuel projects face uncertain future as partners falter

‘Windmills are a disgrace’: Inside Trump’s war against a growing U.S. industry

Health News

Live updates: Trump is ‘prepared to take action on health care,’ White House says

Whooping Cough Cases in Oregon Surpass Annual Record

Hundreds quarantined in South Carolina measles outbreak

Immigration/ICE News

Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney’s office says

Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

Transportation News

OPB’s First Look: Planners prepare to soon reveal a new price tag for the I-5 bridge project

New phase of Rose Quarter project to proceed, despite funding hole

Airlines off the hook for Thanksgiving travel delays tied to plane recall, feds say

National Transportation Safety Board ‘vehemently opposes’ NDAA provision

Justice & Court News

What to know as trial nears for the Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant dodge agents

Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says

Public lands group files suit over new national park pass that features Trump

Judge bars Trump from axing FEMA disaster preparedness grants

DOJ portrays Franklin the turtle as ‘deportation judge’

“Abject partisanship”: Trump loyalist Bove hit with judicial misconduct complaint

International News

EU chief tells POLITICO: Trump should stay out of Europe elections

Russia demands Trump administration provide reasoning for seizure of oil tanker

Bulgaria’s government resigns after mass protests and just weeks before nation due to join eurozone

Zelensky says he discussed Ukraine peace deal with Rubio, Hegseth

US imposes new sanctions on Maduro family members, oil ships

NATO chief: “Putin is in the empire-building business again”

National Campaign News

Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president

Gerrymandering is spreading across US states after Trump pushed for new congressional districts

Polls/Surveys

Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling

Democrat gains in race against Ramaswamy for Ohio governor: Poll

45 percent of small business owners cite inflation as one of biggest challenges: Poll

Trump dominates democracy in Europe, international POLITICO Poll shows

National Political news

Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom

Trump calls affordability crisis a ‘hoax.’ The data tells a different story

Homeland Security Secretary Noem defends Trump’s hard-line immigration policies during tense hearing

Senate questions military on Trump’s National Guard deployments in cities

4 GOP senators break ranks to vote for Democratic extension of ObamaCare subsidies

Noem worldwide threats hearing ends in subpoena bid: 4 things to know

Noem accused of misleading Congress about early hearing departure to canceled meeting

FBI struggles to answer questions about antifa designation as domestic terror group

Cracks forming in Democrats’ demand for 3-year ObamaCare extension

Lawmakers hold hope for health care even with partisan Senate votes

20 Republicans vote with Democrats to reverse key Trump executive order

White House issues federal agency guidance against “woke” AI

Scoop: Kristi Noem added to Dems’ impeachment target list

Mike Johnson acknowledges Obamacare ‘dilemma’ facing his members

Government Agency/Employee News

The State Department reinstates an old font, in a typeface about-face

Military/Defense

US seizure of rogue oil tanker off Venezuela signals new crackdown on shadow fleet

Navy submits report on Kelly’s potential punishment over ‘illegal orders’ video

Former NATO commander: Venezuela oil tanker seizure ‘legal’ and ‘flawless’

US and Japan hold joint flight drills as China ups military activity near Japan

Hegseth highlights US-first national defense strategy

Opinion

ACA tax credits helped more Oregonians find coverage. Will Congress keep them?

Using a fake marriage to skip the immigration line? Bad idea. 

Governors are moving the nation beyond shutdown politics

With a struggling economy, expect more Trump slurs against minorities

Idaho’s immigration fight reveals a national Republican rift

Trump’s jarring disconnect on Ukraine

Why a Democratic upset in Miami should worry Trump