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Oregon Supreme Court chief justice, other court officials concerned about Legislature’s addiction proposal

Bill to cap the cost of insulin at $35 passes in the Oregon Senate

Kotek testifies in support of $500M housing package in state Senate 

Genetic engineering controversy persists in Oregon canola legislation

Farm advocates hope to fix Oregon machinery tax exemption

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Portland Public Schools outlines plans for $30 million in cuts, sparking backlash

Rancor over equity efforts in Multnomah County DA’s office, survey shows

UO’s newish president on the $60M Portland campus build-out

The state of Portland’s economy: New goalposts, same warning signs

County serves 200 overnight at severe weather shelters

MultCo. commissioner drafts resolution ‘urging’ county chair to change ambulance staffing model

King City Recall Election Results Extremely Close, Leaning Toward Recall of Sitting City Councilors

Salem Area

Panel hears support for Wilsonville-Salem commuter rail study

Salem-Keizer teachers take step toward possible strike

Central/Eastern Oregon

Hermiston City Council awards contract for street redesign

Hermiston City Council OKs bond purchase to finish projects

Amazon wants renewable energy at Umatilla, Morrow, counties data centers

Pendleton City Council race expands

Albany/Corvallis Area

$2.9M will get Linn County this many new beds for homeless

Corvallis hub vies for federal dollars to spur tech and economic boom

Eugene Area

Lane County considers loosening floodway development rules

Roseburg Area

Drazan hosts roundtable in Roseburg concerning wildfires

Roseburg seeks grant to fund aiport improvement project

New countywide resource guide available

Medford Area

National Park Service puts Crater Lake operator on notice, plans to end contract

GP’s chamber of commerce opposed to 3% restaurant tax

Administrator: Jackson County For All initiatives would cost county hundreds of thousands

Providence expands urgent care hours in Central Point to meet community demand

Jackson County commissioner ballot measures hit their signature target

Seeking an east-west connection: Idea for tunnel under I-5 goes nowhere

Klamath Falls Area

Northern California community expresses concerns over Klamath dam removals

Chiloquin Connects outreach event highlights community projects underway

Klamath Basin water stakeholders, Department of the Interior reach landmark agreement

Klamath Basin reacts to water agreement

National News

FBI informant at heart of GOP’s Biden bribery allegations indicted over false statements

Raskin calls on GOP to end Biden impeachment inquiry after indictment of FBI informant

McConnell: Border crisis is top issue in 2024, Biden made ‘major mistake’

Business News

Nike to lay off 2% of global workforce, CEO tells employees

Oregon hospitals struggling to discharge patients may soon see relief

With huge wine inventory, direct sales become more important

Environment / Energy News

Major Oregon electric utility proposes 16.9% rate increase

Ag / Natural Resource News

Oregon wine jobs, tourist spending down, but economic impact grows

Bear Grub timber sale canceled for 2nd time

Opinion

Portland Area

Opinion: The banning of Black joy

Opinion: Undoing Measure 110 will harm the Latinx community

24 Reasons to Love Portland Right Now

Albany/Corvallis Area

As I See It: Coffin Butte Landfill expansion

Roseburg Area

Guest Column: What Measure 110 is missing

Medford Area

Editorial: Yunker’s comments can only hurt his district

OUR VIEW: Commissioners petition drive questions start getting answers

GUEST COLUMN: Doctors express support for Asante surgeon