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Oregon News

Landmark Oregon hospital staffing law wasn’t enough to avert massive strike

Marijuana prices hit record low: Oregon’s supply is nearly double demand

Oregon Political News

Oregon cities want more money for roads and sewers, more leeway to remove homeless camps

What Trump tariffs could mean for Oregonians’ heating and lighting bills

Oregon lawmakers may prohibit lottery players from selling winning tickets

Oregon courts ask lawmakers for $8M to keep guns, contraband out of courthouses

Oregon bill would pause new diesel emission regulations 

‘Environmental consequences’: Sen. Golden seeks constitutional climate amendment

Jon Raby, formerly of Lakeview BLM, named acting national director

Metropolitan Portland News

Employees say Multnomah County unit investigating workplace discrimination is failing workers

Multnomah County security vehicles mistaken for cars belonging to immigration officials

New poll finds voters’ perceptions of Portland area are much less dire — but still far from rosy

Central/Eastern Oregon

EOU to advance technology skills with workforce ready grants

Pendleton Children’s Center moves forward with building purchase after funding freeze scare

Pendleton, Umatilla schools beat statewide graduation rates

Umatilla-Morrow Head Start unwavering commitment to community after federal freeze memo

Willamette Valley Area

Oregon Capitol honors late Senate President Peter Courtney, state’s longest-serving lawmaker

Albany rolling out program to register city’s Airbnbs, VRBOs

Southern Oregon

Jackson County home prices rise while Josephine’s stay flat

Latest firing continues upheaval in Josephine government

Business News

Providence, women’s clinic workers reach tentative deal to end strike; no deal yet for other workers

Kotek personally pressures Providence, nurses union to settle strike

Energy & Environment

Critics fear BPA defiance in energy showdown risks billions in savings

International News

Here are some goods in the crosshairs of Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

China to retaliate after Trump fires first salvo in trade war

Canada hits back against Trump tariffs: ‘We will not back down’

Trump finalizes tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, triggering likely trade war

National News

Entire pages wiped from federal websites, pronouns deleted from emails as Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’

Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration funding freeze following lawsuit from Oregon, other states

Musk calls USAID a ‘criminal organization’ that should ‘die’

USAID leaders escorted out of building after blocking DOGE access to secure systems

National Political News

Trump to speak with Trudeau, Mexico after imposing tariffs

Hard-liner rebellion forces House GOP leaders to scramble for deeper cuts 

Trump’s talking about shutting down FEMA. Republicans hate that idea.

Opinion

Editorial: Trim pricey high school designs to ensure PPS bond passage

Opinion: Use kicker now for a lifetime of funding Oregon wildfire protection

Opinion: Move past rhetoric to find real solutions to public defender crisis

Editorial: ‘Process’ isn’t the reason why Corvallis has to fork up $500K

The Pelfreys, not taxpayers, should pay for their pipe dream