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Oregon News

Oregon’s dairy cows are free of avian flu. The state is trying to keep it that way

Yes, we’re still changing the clocks. Checking in on Oregon’s quest for permanent daylight saving time

Oregon Political News

‘POWER Act’ bill would require Oregon’s large energy users like data centers pay fair share of energy use

Oregon’s GOP congressman Cliff Bentz: ‘I fully support’ Trump’s efforts to cut spending

Metropolitan Portland News

Multnomah County to Vote on Sending $15 Million in Metro Homeless Money Directly to City

Drugs and guns seized at conveniece store near trouble North Portland park, owner arrested

Oregon Coast

A look into the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay

Central/Eastern Oregon

Deschutes County dissolved its DEIA committee without hearing public opinions. Officials got an earful anyway

Willamette Valley News

Salem City Council to vote on delaying recruiting of new city manager

OSU undergraduates try to form union

Southern Oregon

Roseburg Public Schools renews superintendent contract

Visitation soars at Oregon Caves; Crater Lake sees downward slide

Merkley planning town hall meetings in Ashland, Grants Pass on March 16

Five on 5 – Representative Cliff Bentz – (R) Oregon, District 2

Business/Economic News

Electric vehicle industry will persist, experts say, despite Trump funding cuts

Companies warn investors that sweeping federal cuts might hurt business

Late car payments hit highest level in decades

Public Safety

Experts warn that recent school shootings show growth in new radicalization pattern

Natural Resource News

Northwest Forest Plan advisers told their committee will be disbanded

Transportation News

Truckers brace for impact of Trump’s potential tariffs

Elon Musk urges retired air traffic controllers to come back

Health News

Trump DOJ’s limits on FACE Act enforcement fuel concern from abortion providers

Poll finds support for stable or increased Medicaid funding, including among Trump voters

Scientists baffled by RFK Jr.’s bashing of seed oils

Scott Perry says no one ‘legitimately’ on Medicaid will lose coverage

International News

Ex-central banker to replace Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister after winning Liberal Party vote

Pope Francis pens prayer thanking hospital staff, as he shows ‘mild improvement’

Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza

Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk

Johnson says Zelensky has done ‘about-face’ on mineral deal

More than 1,300 Syrians killed in 72 hours amid clashes and acts of revenge

Trump rebuffed by Iran’s leader after sending letter calling for nuclear negotiation

National News

US Army soldiers in Oregon and Washington indicted for theft of top-secret documents

Secret Service says it shot an armed man near the White House after a confrontation

Courts grapple with ‘King’ Trump 

National Political News

Jury is out on Rubio in Senate, as some lose faith

Senate Republican says Musk ‘does not have the power to fire people’

President Trump brings back practice of detaining families together

Top Democrats ask Rubio for answers on now-canceled $400 million Tesla plan

House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they’re daring Democrats to oppose it

DHS using polygraph tests to find leakers: Reports

Live updates: Trump says he hates to ‘predict things like that’ when asked if he expects a recession

5 notable images flagged in Pentagon’s DEI purge

Tariff News

Trump says he wanted to ‘help’ Mexico and Canada ‘to a certain extent’ by pausing tariffs

Trump dismisses concerns over back-and-forth levies, says ‘tariffs could go up’

Government Employment News

Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters

AGs sue over ‘reckless and illegal’ mass firings of probationary federal workers

Opinion

Editorial: Democrats tee up a gift for donors at public’s expense

Editorial: Legislators need a math lesson

Editorial: New city councilor is already pushing ethics envelope

The Government Accountability Office is MIA when we need it most