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Oregon News

More Oregon parents are asking for vaccine exemptions for their kids, data show

State Did Not Ask Education Researchers to Analyze How School Districts Currently Spend Funds

Oregon liquor commission director to retire after two years on the job

DEQ Pauses Enforcement of Controversial Advanced Clean Trucks Rule

The Downfall of Shemia Fagan Comes to a Quiet End With an Ethics Fine

Oregon Political News

Oregon Democrats advance scaled-back gun control measure

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland councilor’s fix to council meeting woes: more meetings

Portland homeless service provider accuses Mayor Wilson of treating her program as a ‘pawn’

The County Chair’s Budget Proposes Chopping Some School-Based Mental Health Providers

Portland residents to see largest water, sewer rate hike in more than a decade

Portland councilor erupts over homeless budget, looming layoffs: ‘I can’t even look at this with a straight face’

Oregon Coast

Aging tide gates threaten Oregon’s coast, but replacing them isn’t cheap

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Trump administration cancels $45 million Oregon State grant for microfluidics research

Vote to display Pride flag brings drama to Albany City Hall

Southern Oregon

Southern Oregon wildlife park raided after years of disturbing reports about starving animals, dead tiger

Expansion underway at Roseburg Regional Airport

Hot weather in forecast this summer for Southern Oregon’s wildfire season

Medford School Board handling of Atkinson vacancy prompts criticism from special election candidates

Sen. Wyden holding town hall at Medford Armory on May 25 

Fire command center on wheels: Henley High students renovating school bus for the Oregon Department of Forestry

Business/Economic News

Meta Is Delaying the Rollout of Its Flagship AI Model

UnitedHealth shares plunge after probe report

Public Safety

Natural Resource News

State forestry officials face backlash over Astoria timber sales, board member resigns in wake

Health News

How proposed Medicaid cuts could impact health care in Oregon

The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks

Former Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber says state could be model to reform — not gut — Medicaid nationally

Outside medical expert calls departure of Oregon State Hospital head destabilizing

Samaritan Health considers closing 2 Oregon maternity units

Transportation News

This Air-Traffic Controller Just Averted a Midair Collision. Now He’s Speaking Out.

Hotline between National Airport, Pentagon hasn’t worked for 3 years

Communication outage reported at Denver airport

Education News

School choice proponents cheer voucher proposal in budget reconciliation measure

International News

Vengeful at Home, Trump Takes His Forgiving Side on Tour

Trump to meet South African president amid deteriorating relations

Trump sanctions turn tables on international prosecutors, who now fear arrest

Trump says Iran must ‘verifiably cease pursuit of nuclear weapons,’ deal is close

National News

Justices seem divided over use of nationwide orders in birthright citizenship case

5 takeaways from birthright citizenship argument at Supreme Court

DHS requests 20,000 National Guard troops to help with mass deportations

Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty on charges of concealing undocumented immigrant

Aggressive immigration enforcement makes musicians rethink U.S. tours

Supreme Court rules totality of circumstances must be considered in police shootings

National Campaign News

At the Races: Democrats go back to school

Voters promised $100 by Musk PAC say they weren’t paid

Carville on Democrats’ low polling: ‘We’re winning elections left and right’

National Political News

Price tag for Trump’s military parade could reach $45 million

Johnson says Budget Committee meeting is on for Friday, but holdouts remain

Trump megabill on thin ice ahead of key vote

Trump to house 7,500 soldiers for military parade in government office buildings: Report

House GOP Agriculture bill advances out of committee

Democrats question Hegseth on Trump’s Qatar jet security risks

GOP leaders poised to accelerate Medicaid work requirements in Trump agenda bill

House Democrat: DHS ‘going to come after US citizens’

Megabill teeters after hard-liners make their stand

‘First time we were hearing of them’: The GOP megabill is packed with surprises for some Republicans

GOP leaders draw the line at Trump’s Library of Congress takeover

Trump wants two new cutting-edge fighter jets: F-22 Super and F-55

Under attack, public media makes its case to Congress and the courts

States on the hook for billions under U.S. House GOP bill making them help pay for SNAP

Tariff/Trade News

US economy could face ‘more persistent supply shocks’: Powell

Hard data suggests tariff-driven inflation and recession fears may be overblown

Walmart warns it will raise prices due to tariffs

Consumers pulled back on spending in April

Opinion

Vladimir Putin Is a Peace-Talks No Show

Haiti on the edge of collapse: The US must respond now or it will be too late

Replacing the income tax with tariff revenue is the new Republican fantasy

A ‘tofu-dreg’ edifice: Most of China’s official economic data is probably fake 

Sourcing the news: Oregon bill opens discussion about paying for journalism

Opinion: Fellow Oregonians, time we had a serious talk about the kicker