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Oregon Political News

Negotiations to end Republican-led walkout heat up at Oregon Legislature

Senate Republicans stalled session over sweeping reproductive health care proposal. What would the bill do?

Shemia Fagan Has Not Fulfilled Promise to Donate Remaining Campaign Funds to the Oregon Humane Society

State employees rally for ‘fair’ contract, higher wages

Oregon lawmakers question new rules for critical groundwater areas

Water rights ‘pause’ scrapped but Oregon lawmakers still eye overhaul

GOP Walkout: Democrats warn of lost opportunities as GOP-led Senate walkout persists

Education bills, including big changes in how Oregon schools teach reading, hang in balance with legislative session in jeopardy

Regulators deal blow to NW Natural decarbonization plan

OLCC commissioner sought Pappy Van Winkle, other high-end bourbons for fundraiser

5 Oregon agencies hit with federal subpoenas in Shemia Fagan investigation

Ex-Gov. Kate Brown must give deposition in case alleging ‘indifference’ to state prisoners during COVID-19

Oregon COVID-19 News

Wildfires

Jury to decide if PacifiCorp liable for billions in Labor Day fires

DFPA, BLM, Forest Service announce start of fire season

Utility urges customers to be safe and ready during wildfire season

Two new wildland fires reported after Wednesday’s storms

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Next Month, Portland Police Can Arrest People Camping Who Refuse Shelter

Ambulances Were Unavailable Over 5,000 Times So Far This Year, Multnomah County Figures Show

Portland City Council bans daytime camping

Portland leaders prepare to approve new campaign finance rules, public matching funds with unclear costs

Portland’s former central post office mostly rubble, clearing way for potential redevelopment

Should Oregon lawmakers provide major boost in PERS retirement benefits for county prosecutors?

Racism, politics put Clackamas County equity budget at risk, says retired diversity manager

Metro President Lynn Peterson running for Oregon 5th Congressional District

Report: Tourism still down in Portland so far this year

A $28 Million Low-Income Apartment Complex Descends Into Chaos in Just Two and a Half Years

Central Oregon Area

CTUIR celebrates completion of housing projects

City of Pendleton’s budget $9.2 million less than last year’s

Pendleton Children’s Center receives $25,000 grant from city

Hermiston receives $2.5M grant to fortify safety center

Grazing land healing after massive Bootleg Fire in S. Oregon

St. Charles Bend settles with nurses, averts a strike in marathon negotiations

Albany/Corvallis Area

OSU strawberry field day highlights new research

Corvallis approves $261M budget; costs outpace revenue

Eugene Area

4J board, students stand against anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments

Roseburg Area

Construction continues on new WinCo Foods building

Pickett County Park to be temporarily closed for repaving

Reedsport not issuing burn barrel, debris burning permits

Medford Area

Commissioners vote again to defund OSU Extension

Jackson County approves $1.9 million for 4-H, Master Gardener and Extension service district

Drug overdoses and deaths continue to climb in Jackson County

Ashland City Council adopts two-year, $385M budget

Millions coming for local solar projects through Rep. Marsh-sponsored legislation

Jackson County commissioners approve $611 million budget Wednesday

‘We definitely need some change’: Medford residents speak out at town hall on homelessness

Volunteers build new Ashland-area trail that helps solve old problem

Klamath Falls Area

Flights over Klamath Basin show scope of restoration area

First Amendment rights at center of Klamath County Library flap

Southern Oregon Coast

Council adopts housing production strategy

City Council weighs in on shopping cart ordinance

NB Council adopts camping regulations

International News

GOP hits Biden over report of planned Chinese spying base in Cuba

National News

Trump indicted for allegedly mishandling classified documents: Live updates

Trump charged with 7 counts in classified documents case; 1st federal indictment of an ex-president

US House panel investigates ties between US Interior secretary, environmentalists

The pause on student loan payments is ending. Can borrowers find room in their budgets?

Tribal organizations voice support for boarding school bill co-sponsored by Oregon US Sens. Wyden, Merkley

National Election News

Supreme Court finds that Alabama’s congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act

Business

Oregon tourism surpasses pre-pandemic levels in many places

Environment / Energy News

Millions coming for local solar projects around Oregon

Ag / Natural Resource News

OSU professor to head $1.4 million study of climate, fish and conflict

Opinion

Portland Area

Opinion: Oregon’s kicker can seed permanent wildfire protection funding

Opinion: Senate Republicans must end boycott for Oregon to capitalize on CHIPS Act opportunities

Central/Eastern Oregon

Past and prologue: ‘The most unsordid act in history’

Our view: ‘Joint’ committee meeting gets a dose of oversight and accountability

Roseburg Area

Roseburg family medicine residency program: Empowering health care in Douglas County

Guest Column: The war of the words

Medford Area

Editorial: City Council ‘conservatives’ act like anything but

Volunteers build new Ashland-area trail that helps solve old problem

OTHER VIEWS: Why are Oregonians so cheap when it comes to state offices?

OTHER VIEWS: Do Oregonians really long to give the boot to the kicker?

Southern Oregon Coast

Guest Column: Dear Editor and Coos Curry Electric Cooperative members