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Oregon/Northwest News

Portland and Seattle airports among 40 targeted by shutdown-related flight cuts

FEMA promised funds to tsunami-proof an Oregon hospital. That money is MIA

Thousands of Oregonians may be without heat as government shutdown continues

Do you know what to do if you’re confronted by ICE in Oregon?

Oregon Campaign News

Former Blazer Chris Dudley Nearly Won the 2010 Governor’s Race. He’s Thinking Hard About 2026. 

Portland/Metro News

Washington County declares emergency over increased ICE activity

Portland councilor fires top aide who took in disabled homeless woman, abandoned her at state park

Oregon Coast News

League of Women Voters to Hold Second Presentation on Intermodal Port Project

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Case against former Sweet Home school board member dismissed

Federal immigration agents take Albany man just after dropping off kids at school

Eugene police auditor opens investigation into claims EPD assisted ICE

Southern Oregon News

Douglas County Commissioners approve contract for cybersecurity threat protection

Roseburg developer picked to run Grants Pass homeless camp

Businesses across Douglas County offer deals, services and handouts in face of SNAP cuts

Grants Pass water bills to rise due to loss of FEMA grant

Medford city councilors refute resident’s claims on Creekside Quarter project

Oregon Parks Department Faces $14M Shortfall, Ends Jackson County Permit Access in 2026

Ashland City Council Approves City’s Largest Housing Project — Again

Navigating Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace amid upgrades and changes

Creekside Quarter project expected to boost tourism, economy in Medford

Unrestrained and intoxicated driver statistics and awareness in Jackson County

Jackson County special election results

Business & Economic News

PacifiCorp Warns of Financial Squeeze

National Retail Federation forecasts first $1 trillion holiday season

Tesla likely to build “gigantic” chips plant, Elon Musk says

SpaceX could go public “at some point,” Elon Musk says

Tesla shareholders approve trillion-dollar pay package for Musk 

Dimon sees ‘weakening’ in job market: ‘No question’

October job cuts highest for the month since 2003: Report

Household debt hits record $18.6T as delinquencies remain elevated

Education News

Oregon education leaders face looming financial crunch, lobby for more time and money from the state

At least $25M in cuts coming to Salem-Keizer Public Schools

Health News

White House strikes deals for lower prices on obesity drugs

Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response

Most-prescribed drug in America recalled: How to tell if your medication is impacted

Every state has applied for $50B Trump administration rural health fund

Transportation News

US flight cancellations accelerate as airlines comply with government shutdown order

Brace for more shutdown travel pain as FAA cuts flights ahead of Thanksgiving

Here are the 40 airports on FAA’s preliminary list for cuts, reductions amid shutdown

Duffy: ‘It’s going to be rough’ for travelers if shutdown lasts through Thanksgiving

Multiple airlines offering refunds, free changes for impacted flights during shutdown

Court Justice News

Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers

The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds

Measure 114 case in Oregon Supreme Court pits gun ownership tradition against public safety concerns

White House sued over its “loyalist” hiring policy

Trump’s tariffs run into revenue problem at the Supreme Court

‘Shocks the conscience’: Judge slams immigration officers’ use of force in Chicago, reports say

International News

Scoop: Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

National News

New York Is Quietly Preparing Against Trump’s Takeover of the City

Congressional Budget Office investigating hack of its systems

National Campaign News

Gavin Newsom’s redistricting win could be White House rocket fuel

Spanberger makes inroads with rural Republicans unhappy with Trump

Trump and Republicans admonish others for their election losses

Jeff Flake: GOP ‘migration’ away from Trump has started

Polls/Surveys

Why California voters approved a redistricting ballot measure, according to the AP Voter Poll

National Political News

Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters

Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House

Trump administration ordered to pay full $9B in November SNAP benefits amid shutdown

Senate will vote Friday to advance shutdown-ending deal, Thune tells Republicans

Senate sinks measure to block military action against Venezuela

Freshman Senate Dems and House Republicans to huddle on bipartisan ACA plan

Trump, stung by Republican losses, stands his ground on affordability

Donald Trump enters his lame duck era

GOP makes new funding offer, opens door to reversing mass firings

Capitol agenda: Shutdown endgame gets real

Top Trump political adviser says president will focus on affordability going forward

Johnson refuses to promise House vote on extending ObamaCare subsidies

Trump taps DEI critic to lead workplace civil rights agency

Congressional Budget Office hacked in ‘security incident’

Government Shutdown News

Trump says election puts shutdown pressure on Republicans but wants to end filibuster

Desperate airlines plead with Congress to end shutdown

Emboldened Democrats push to prolong government shutdown

Government shutdown ‘disastrous’ for veterans: Lawmakers, advocates

Opinion

Honoring Jane Goodall by protecting Oregon’s wildlife

Vladimir Putin’s imperial project isn’t going so well

Tuesday was a big night for Democrats. Here’s who made the night possible.

Putin’s troll sets out to dupe the American right

Forget Crockett and AOC: Spanberger, Sherrill are Democrats’ faces for 2028

Will Congress’s expert advisory agencies lose their clout?

Outside New York, democratic socialism lost

The Property Tax Revolt in Texas