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Oregon housing council makes 59 recommendations to Kotek, lawmakers

Oregon lawmakers aim to balance debtors’ rights against collectors

Unemployment overpayment case faces constitutional test

Measure 110

Change is going to come for Measure 110

Oregon Election News

A look into Rep. Val Hoyle’s priorities in 2024

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Portland agrees to pay $19M for environmental cleanup project

Emergency relief available for storm-damaged businesses

Judge finds Newberg school board members willingly violated public meeting laws

Here’s Who Isn’t Paying Portland’s Clean Energy Sales Tax

Neighbors Take Opposition to Union Station Homeless Shelter to Court

Salem Area

Salem warns residents of sewer overflow into Little Pudding River

Landslide closes portion of River Road S in Salem

Central/Eastern Oregon

Port of Morrow continues polluting under new state sanctioned wastewater plan

Many factors add up in electric rate increases

State of Oregon rescues Morrow County DA workload

Irrigon rewrites multi-family development code

Albany/Corvallis Area

Mid-Willamette Valley counts unhoused population

Heavy rain incoming: Small streams and creeks at risk of flooding this weekend.

Roseburg Area

Douglas County employers add 170 jobs in December

Medford Area

Rogue X makes quite a splash

Promotion of downtown Grants Pass may get shot in the arm

KS Wild, Forest Service look to rehabilitate two areas damaged by off-road vehicles

Ashland town hall focuses on progress made by city, work still to do

Multi-use emergency response center at Expo to break ground after Jackson County Fair

Klamath Falls Area

Refilling the reservoir: Water reserves from Upper Klamath Lake used to slow the dropping water levels in Copco reservoir

Southern Oregon Coast

Three jurisdictions vote for improved estuary plan framework

International News

3 US troops killed, dozens wounded in drone attack by Iran-backed militia in Jordan

UK moves to ban disposable vapes to reduce use by children

Biden administration looking to slow weapon sales to Israel in effort to scale back military assault: Report

Election News

Trump rips UAW president: ‘Get rid of this dope’

UAW president says Biden has ‘history of serving others,’ while Trump ‘serving himself’

Haley: Congress has become ‘most privileged nursing home’ in US

Business News

Unreimbursed care drove Oregon hospitals’ community benefit spending up 16%

Ag / Natural Resource News

Western Innovators: Olive tree trial ready to bear fruit

Opinion

Portland Area

Editorial: Portland should put punitive tree permit requirement on ice

Shelter from the storm: Steve Duin column

Central/Eastern Oregon

Eye to the sky: Weather vs. climate — dispelling common myths

Other views: Progress on groundwater requires coordination, leadership

Capital chatter: Oregon has too many committees and not enough action

Other views: Don’t blame hatcheries for the declines in wild fish

Our view: Legislature needs to ante up for wildfire protection

Albany/Corvallis Area

Karen Dolan: 12% surge in homelessness requires affordable units, higher minimum wage

Roseburg Area

Guest Column: A critical response to vaping myths

Medford Area

Column: Yes, it’s bleak for many in the news business. But it’s not the case here.

OUR VIEW: Can lawmakers beat the clock during coming short session?

OTHER VIEWS: Let’s avoid the Oregon zero scenario

OTHER VIEWS: Dealing with the realities of Measure 110

OUR VIEW: Rogue Music Fest decision benefits from transparency