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Oregon News

Gov. Kotek extends Oregon’s homelessness emergency declaration once again

Oregon attorney general announces legislative and policy staff 

Gov. Tina Kotek’s office dinged for ‘minor’ spending on catered party, concert tickets that may have broken ethics rules

Former Oregon Department of Education Mental Health Director Says She Was Unfairly Fired

Oregon Department of Forestry leader resigns as controversy roils agency

Oregon Political News

BLM endorses plan to kill barred owls on federal land as Oregon lawmakers push back

Oregon moms in the Legislature are driven by a passion for kids

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland-area hospitals prepare to shuffle patients as Providence strike strains resources

Multnomah, Washington county leaders to pick new House member

Multnomah County picks Southeast Portland location for its sobering center

Southern Oregon

Medford’s new mayor and council members sworn in

Grants Pass’ homeless people unsure about where they will go

Business News

Average mortgage rate inches up for fourth straight week

Natural Resource News

Farmworkers fought for overtime pay in Oregon. Farmers say they can’t afford it

Transportation News

Senators announce over $6 Mil for efforts to modernize Highway 99

Health News

Winter illnesses return with a vengeance

Fluoride analysis triggers renewed debate over what levels are safe for kids

OHSU study finds secret to curing patients with potentially deadly hepatitis C

The Providence health care strike, explained

Education News

Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview

International News

Greenland important for national security: Waltz

National News

Jimmy Carter remembered by colleagues, family and friends as a devoted public servant

New York’s highest appeals court declines to block Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case

5 fires spread devastation across L.A

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

The Memo: Trump-Newsom feud ramps up as Los Angeles fires rage on

Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students

National Political News

Laken Riley Act overwhelmingly clears first hurdle in Senate with help from Democrats

Musk: Cutting $2T through DOGE ‘best-case outcome’

Trump tells GOP he wants to write 100 executive orders

Reality bites Trump

 Scoop: Trump’s 100 executive orders

Two months later, Dems are still squabbling over lessons learned from Trump’s win