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Oregon News

Under Pressure, Travel Oregon Reveals CEO’s New Salary

These are your rights if you are stopped by ICE in Oregon

Oregon Political News

Oregon lawmakers poised to pass $3.9B higher education budget. Advocates say public colleges will be short-changed

Oregon lawmakers approve measure to limit National Guard deployment by the federal government

Oregon Democratic state Rep. Hòa Nguyễn returns to House following cancer diagnosis

Divided Oregon panel sends massive transportation funding bill to House floor

Time Running Out on a Bill That Could Help Wildfire Victims

Senate President Boots Dissident Senator Off Transportation Committee, Appoints Himself in Bid to Save Bill

Lawmakers advance transportation package that could cost Oregonians more than $14 billion

In solidarity with just-returned colleague with cancer, most Oregon House members wear masks to protect her health

House passes bill increasing hotel tax to pay for Orewgon wildlife programs

Despite warnings, Oregon lawmakers approve limited beaver trapping ban

Oregon lawmakers invest in expanded water recycling for irrigation

Oregon Wildfire News

As the flames die down, Rowena residents determine what’s next

UPDATE: Upper Applegate Fire mop-up operations reach 25%; remaining evacuation orders canceled

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland Democratic Socialists of America Vow to Oppose Kotek’s “War on Preschool”

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Salem City Council hears report on Avelo contract after ICE deportations

Gov. Kotek hails Benton County Crisis Center

Southern Oregon

Salmon return to the Klamath’s Oregon waters, but the river’s headwaters are still blocked

Klamath County adopts ‘unsustainable’ $219M budget

Crater Lake appoints Elexis Fredy as acting superintendent

Congresswoman Maxine Dexter seeks answers on Crater Lake concerns

Business/Economic News

FedEx founder Fred Smith, a Marine Corps veteran who revolutionized package delivery, dies at 80

Mass timber company picks Portland for manufacturing facility

Oregon ski industry on edge after major insurer’s exit over negligence laws

‘My heart is broken’: Customers reeling as General Mills discontinues 3 cereals

Chicken fettuccine recall: Check for these label details after listeria deaths

Beloved Northwest pharmacy chain will disappear in sale to CVS

Fred Meyer, QFC owner Kroger to close 60 stores

Insurance hack may have exposed Social Security numbers, other data

Health News

Health care workers on alert for ICE raids in hospitals

Senate GOP mulls shielding rural hospitals from Medicaid cuts

Questions remain about the Minnesota rampage. Anti-abortion extremism may shed light

Oregon ranked 3rd worst US state for hepatitis C deaths

International News

Iran eyes ‘all options’ in response to ‘outrageous’ US strikes

Iran parliament reportedly backs closing Strait of Hormuz, which could spike oil prices

Iran’s top diplomat says it ‘reserves all options’ for self-defense following US strikes

National News

US on ‘high alert’ for Iran retaliation, says nuke program ‘obliterated’

Live updates: Rubio warns Iran will ‘continue to have problems’ if country resumes nuclear efforts

US orders non-essential diplomats to leave Lebanon after US strikes in Iran

‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ hits Iranian nuclear sites

5 takeaways as US enters war with Iran, strikes nuclear sites

Live updates: Hegseth says US not seeking Iran regime change

Republican lawmaker on US bombs against Iran: ‘This is not constitutional’

Vance says US ‘not at war with Iran,’ but ‘with Iran’s nuclear program’

Here’s how Iran could retaliate after US strikes on its nuclear program

‘Severe damage’: Pentagon officials say it’s too soon to know if Iran strikes were successful

Federal judge declines to order Trump officials to recover deleted Signal messages

How Iran could retaliate after US strikes on its nuclear program

Trump administration can’t tie states’ help on immigration to transportation money, judge says

National Political News

Rubio on Iran becoming a nuclear weapons power: ‘It would be the end of the regime’

Graham: Trump ‘had all the authority he needs under the Constitution’ for Iran strikes

Trump rails against green tax credits in big, beautiful bill

Republicans line up behind Trump after strike on Iran — with few detractors

Vance: ‘We have no interest in boots on the ground’ in Iran

MAGA unites around Trump over Iran strikes — for now

Top Democrats left in dark on Iran strike plans

Trump faces bipartisan blowback in Congress on Iran strikes

Trump wants NATO to spend more on defense. Here’s who is actually paying.

Senate GOP slashes megabill’s tax costs with new accounting method

How the Senate megabill could backfire on conservatives

Tariff/Trade News

Republicans express concern about lack of Trump trade deals

‘There is not a singular voice’: On trade, countries don’t know who in Trump’s circle to listen to

Opinion

Red states are forcing public schools to go MAGA

Senator Fulbright had a vision. His successors must see it through.

A US Golden Dome would be a geopolitical game changer 

American businesses need a stable and competitive tax rate

Editorial: Oregon’s uninspiring response to a decades-old crisis

Opinion: A case for art in urgent times