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Oregon News

New laws go into effect in Oregon to help curtail medicine costs, reduce drug use on transit

State Auditor Refers Potential Violations by Governor’s Office to Ethics Commission

New Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield takes office early

Oregon Attorney General-elect Rayfield establishes federal oversight cabinet

How Oregon health officials are preparing for change under Trump

Housing Providers Say Funds From Insurers Have Dried Up

Oregon’s snowpack sees spectacular start to 2025

With new funding, Oregon pays wildland firefighting vendors

State regulators approve more electricity rate hikes for Oregonians in 2025

Oregon Political News

U.S. Rep.-elect Dexter sets long-term goals for Congress on health care, environment

Mobile home dwellers rally against rent hikes, hopeful for proposed legislation

Metropolitan Portland News

Mayor Keith Wilson Backtracks on Increased Return-to-Work Mandate for City Employees

Elana Pirtle-Guiney Elected as Portland City Council President at New Body’s First Meeting

City of Portland Projects a $27 Million Budget Shortfall, but It Will Balloon to Much More

Washington County Prosecutors Want to Form a Union

Vasquez promises to ‘do the right thing’ while taking up district attorney reins

Oregon Coast

St. Helens High School choir teacher arrested again, faces new charges of sexual abuse

Oregon sees uptick in sea turtles washing ashore

Local Politicians receive concerning letter calling for blatant profiling

Central/Eastern Oregon

Greyhound cancels intercity bus service in northeastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon counties impacted by wildfire to get federal aid

Residents, farmers take Oregon back to court over chicken farm in Linn County

Protection for Oregon’s ‘Grand Canyon’ dies in Congress; leaders to try again in 2025

Biden administration announces $37 million for piping projects in Central Oregon

Willamette Valley Area

Corvallis trestle collapse sends freight train into river

Southern Oregon

Federal government sues PacifiCorp over 2020 Archie Creek Fire

Interstate 5’s first-ever wildlife overcrossing receives $33M federal grant

Landslide on North Umpqua Highway shuts down one lane

Incoming Grants Pass mayor, city councilors could reverse past council decisions

Federal judge rejects request for injunction to block casino plan in Medford

Large subdivision planned near former Whittle ranch site in east Medford

Landslide closes access to 2 state parks on Southern Oregon Coast

Business News

Biden blocks deal to sell U.S. Steel, saying it should be domestically owned and operated

Contractors Blast Kotek’s Executive Order Requiring State-Funded Projects to Include Labor Agreements

Hillsboro’s latest land battle ends in victory for preservationists, blow to semiconductor industry

Public Safety

New court records claim TikTok knew its LIVE feature was used to groom children

New Orleans attack prompts tighter security in D.C. ahead of inauguration, Carter funeral

Transportation News

Congestion pricing begins in NYC in a high stakes test for the model’s U.S. viability

Is your car spying on you? What it means that Tesla shared data in the Las Vegas explosion

Health News

Providence says it is prepared for a major nurses strike, but asks doctors not to walk

For many rural women, finding maternity care outweighs concerns about abortion access

Oregon Whooping Cough Cases Hit 74-Year High as Vaccination Rates Drop

2 children died from the flu in Oregon over Christmas week

Traditional Native American healing practices now covered by Medicaid and CHIP in Oregon

Education News

The Governor Wants to Improve Literacy. So Why Are So Many School Libraries Empty?

School board members around Oregon vote down effort to form Pride Caucus

New Oregon law on school board transparency will upend practices for some districts

International News

Ukraine stops transport of Russian gas to Europe

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says

Ukraine presses attacks in Russia’s Kursk region

A Weakened Iran Prepares to Face Trump 2.0

China fires shot across Trump’s bow with defense sanctions

Speculation grows that Austrian far right leader Herbert Kickl will be asked to form a government

National News

President Jimmy Carter’s funeral traces his life from the rural South to the world stage

 “Major” winter storm to usher in severe Arctic outbreak across U.S.

As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel ‘betrayed’

Higher Social Security payments are coming for millions of people from a bill that Biden is signing

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case but avoid jail time

As ‘smart cities’ tools grow nationwide, so do privacy and ethical concerns

National Political News

Trump’s mega-MAGA moonshot

Congressional Black Caucus marks historic firsts as it membership hits record

Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

House and Senate Split on How to Deliver for Trump

FBI checks, ethics paperwork threaten to slow down Trump confirmations

Johnson says he expects to pass most of Trump’s agenda with ‘one big, beautiful bill’ by Memorial Day

Pelosi says violence of Jan. 6 Capitol attack ‘didn’t end that day’

Thune says it’s unclear whether all Trump Cabinet picks will be confirmed

Opinion

Oregon’s legislative Democrats face three questions for the session ahead

Wyden bill could restrict some imports, hurting businesses

Removing dead trees after a severe wildfire is often right thing to do

Editorial: In 2025, Oregon must turn aspirations into outcomes

OUR VIEW: A commitment to community, ever-forward

Does a new report justify Jan. 6 pardons? In fact, it does the opposite.

2025: Predictions, scandals and political chaos