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Oregon Political News

Lawmakers float $1 billion plan for Oregon’s share of new Interstate Bridge

Oregon’s top budget writers commit to rainy day savings amid ‘great economic uncertainty’

State budget writers release their spending framework

February unemployment rate essentially unchanged

Campaign Opposing May Capital Gains Tax Nears $200,000 in Fundraising

Poll indicates heightened concern over climate change in Oregon

Oregon Legislature plans budget cuts as COVID cash runs out

Oregon could tighten climate regulations for data centers, cryptocurrency farms

Oregon bill aims to clean up homeless camps along waterways

$38M Coming to Oregon: Funding for fish and wildlife conservation, outdoor access

Wildfires

Judge: PacifiCorp can face punitive damages in Labor Day fires lawsuit

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Multnomah County approves $4 million for housing pilot program

Wheeler’s Call to Reconsider Measure 110 Would Cost Multnomah County Millions, Advocate Says

The legendary drag queen Darcelle, aka Walter Cole, has died

Central/Eastern Oregon

Guestworker petition filing fees may increase

MedQuest provides opportunity for high schoolers to shadow medical professionals

Milton-Freewater schools awarded $15K for coding technology

Ukiah School District celebrates a century of education

Wolf culled in NE Oregon after four cows were killed in three days

EOU students, city study need for commercial kitchen

Traeger to close Central Oregon pellet plant

Albany/Corvallis Area

Lebanon-based company commits to build a $1.5B factory in Indiana

Truck weight limits take effect on bridge between Albany, Junction City

Eugene Area

May 2023 special election: Lane County’s school board candidates

Eugene natural gas ban measure qualifies for ballot

Roseburg Area

Douglas Electric Cooperative gets $9.1 million grant to help with fire prevention

Glide school board hears community response, readies for superintendent candidates

Wyden holds town halls in 7 counties, including Douglas

Winston-Dillard School District offers lunches during spring break

BLM seeks proposals to fund natural resources projects

Medford Area

Rural/Metro chief retiring after half-century on the job protecting the Rogue Valley

Jackson County commissioners renew limits on greenway’s off-trail area

Oregon PUC threatens fines against CenturyLink for Applegate-area service complaints

Five new businesses open in downtown Medford

Klamath Falls Area

Basin Transit Services to temporarily reduce bus routes

Klamath County Fire District 1 staff honored with Quilts of Valor

Southern Oregon Coast

ODOT still working to repair damage from January landslide

International News

US contractor killed, 5 service members wounded during drone strike in Syria

DeSantis clarifies Ukraine comments: No ‘sufficient interest’ for US to ‘escalate’ involvement

National COVID-19 News

End of pandemic emergency means changes to nursing homes, hospitals

National News

Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies, partly over politics

Most Oregonians have negative opinion of Biden as his approval rating nationally dips: Polls

House fails to override Biden’s first veto

National Opinion

Froma Harrop: These Republicans are defunding the US, not China

Business

FAA says staffing issues will bring delays, especially in Northeast

Opinion

Central/Eastern Oregon

Inside my shoes: Countdown to April Fool’s Day

Our view: Listen to moms and don’t cut WIC dairy

Editorial: BNSF Railway’s high profit, low performance

Medford Area

Editorial: Self-service gasoline a vote closer to reality in Oregon

OTHER VIEWS: Oregon needs to make a big investment in water