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Oregon News

Oregon AG vows fight over birthright citizenship not over

New statewide recycling law is taking effect

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon Gov. Kotek slams ‘disappointing’ legislative inaction on road funding

Oregon lawmakers pass bill to strengthen the state’s energy assistance program

School funding, college costs and book bans: What did lawmakers do for young people in Oregon’s 2025 legislative session?

Gov. Kotek blames transportation package failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’

Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails

Oregon Legislature wraps for 2025 after eleventh-hour strife, historic funding shortfall

Capital Chatter: Strange end to the 2025 session

Two Republican state senators attempt to kill bipartisan proposal to raise lodging tax for wildlife

Hunters and Environmentalists Join Together to Fight for Lodging Tax Increase

What bills died in the Oregon Legislature? Police drones. Tax relief for the well-off. A transgender sports ban

Lawmakers close out 2025 session with housing, mental health wins, botched transportation package

Some of the bills that passed during the 2025 Oregon Legislature

Oregon Wildfire News

UPDATED: DFPA handles Jim Creek Fire southeast of Glide

Metropolitan Portland News

Council Vice President Takes Issue With President’s Approach to Limit Speaking Time

Central/Eastern Oregon

Federal payments in lieu of property taxes total more than $6 million in NE Oregon

Willamette Valley/Salem News

First-of-its-kind secure residential treatment facility opens in Salem

Southern Oregon

Public transit in Southern Oregon community suffers cuts to service, staffing amid funding fight with feds

Central Douglas Fire responds 34 incidents in 48 hours

Oregon Caves ticket shortage leaves travelers disappointed

Energy & Environment

Nuclear energy push stalls out, but opponents sense a ‘shift’ in Oregon

International News

Russia launches record aerial attack on Ukraine

National News

Supreme Court rules on birthright citizenship and other key issues

2 killed, 1 wounded in sniper ambush as Idaho firefighters come under siege from rifle fire

National Campaign News/Polls

Warning signs emerge for Trump with independent voters

Open North Carolina Senate seat poised to be a 2026 blockbuster race

National Political News

GOP megabill narrowly wins first test in the Senate. Here’s what’s in it

The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system

Debate is underway in the Senate on Trump’s big bill, but overnight voting is delayed

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won’t run in 2026 after opposing Trump’s bill

Proposal to sell swaths of public land in Oregon, other Western states pulled from GOP bill

Trump urges Senate GOP to overrule parliamentarian

GOP senators unveil amendment to shrink Medicaid by another $313B

Senate GOP declines to meet with parliamentarian on whether Trump tax cuts add to deficit

Thune, Vance cut deal with Senate conservatives to save GOP megabill

CBO says tax piece of GOP megabill could violate Senate Byrd Rule

Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ now expected to start Monday morning

Trump reacts to Tillis’ retirement while sending warning to Republicans

Senate’s “big, beautiful bill” would add $3.3 trillion in new debt: CBO

Trump accuses Powell of keeping interest rates “artificially high”

Gen Z and millennials push into politics

Trump ramps up his Senate whip operation

Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill’s Medicaid cuts in fiery speech

Tariff/Trade News

Canadian Prime Minister Carney says trade talks with US resume after Canada rescinded tech tax

Trump says US won’t extend pause on global tariffs beyond July 9

Trump said letters to trading partners going out ‘soon’ to set tariff rate

Opinion

Will lawmakers renege on their deal for campaign finance reform?

Capital Chatter: Transportation bill hits reality roadblock

Opinion: The threat to Preschool for All isn’t over, but we’re ready for the fight

Congress should look to Tennessee as an example for Medicaid reform

Trump’s Energy Department is making federal buildings less accessible again