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Oregon Political News

6 Republicans join Democrats, pass Medicaid funding bill in the Oregon House

Oregon Democratic state Rep. Hoa Nguyen announces cancer diagnosis

New proposal takes aim at threats to public officials

‘If you just came here to yell, I can leave,’ Trump-supporting Oregon congressman tells crowd of angry rural voters

Wyden to skip Trump’s first speech to Congress, hold town hall instead

More than 3,300 bills introduced in Oregon Legislature

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland’s budget woes crystallize as top administrator outlines $93 million deficit

New North Portland development aims to repair harms of urban renewal

Kotek, Peterson Pepper Vega Pederson With Questions About Gap in Homeless Budget

Oregon Coast

Tillamook County housing projects in limbo following cuts to federal funding

Oregon coast fire district in turmoil after chief promises ‘open war’ on board members

Central/Eastern Oregon

Federal nitrate pollution lawsuit against Eastern Oregon farms moves forward

Hermiston immigrants gain insight into their legal rights

Willamette Valley News

Southwest Eugene neighbors oppose new housing on wetlands

Southern Oregon

Southern Oregon farmers and ranchers hit by federal funding freeze

Disability Rights Oregon: 2 Grants Pass homeless camping sites not enough

Funds for trail work in Sky Lakes, other areas may be cut

Business News

Oregon’s semiconductor industry regroups amid job losses, falling sales and political setbacks

State agency urges protecting property with ‘comprehensive flood insurance’

Big Consulting Bosses Meet With Trump Officials to Save Contracts

Trump announces US crypto reserve

Anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores target Elon Musk’s bottom line

Trump lumber tariff threat is latest headache for homebuilders

Public Safety

Defense Lawyers Scrap Decriminalization Bill, Ask Lawmakers to Give Judges More Discretion

Natural Resource News

Trump moves to boost US timber supply and reduce construction costs

Health News

Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch

With RFK Jr. in charge, supplement makers see chance to cash in

RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak

Education News

Lawmakers Grill Researchers Over Call for Increased Education Spending

Energy & Environment

UK prime minister unveils steps toward a Ukraine peace deal, urges US cooperation

Israel stops the delivery of aid to Gaza until Hamas accepts U.S. ceasefire extension

International News

UK prime minister unveils steps toward a Ukraine peace deal, urges US cooperation

Israel stops the delivery of aid to Gaza until Hamas accepts U.S. ceasefire extension

Following Trump’s lead, his allies lash out at Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign

Britain’s Starmer says Europe must take responsibility for defending itself

Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says

Russia gloats about shift in U.S. relations with Ukraine

National News

Seattle federal judge extends block on Trump’s gender-affirming care funding cuts in Oregon and beyond

Hegseth calls for DOD civilian employees to comply with OPM email directive

National Political News

Trump, Vance go off on Zelensky in contentious Oval Office spat

Most Americans in new survey support funding increases as Trump admin seeks cuts

Rubio says Trump would be ‘on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize’ if he were a Democrat

Trump signs executive order making English the official language of the U.S.

What will Trump say in his Tuesday address? We look to the past for some clues

How Washington is reacting to the heated Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

What US lawmakers are saying about the White House clash between Trump and Zelenskyy

The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts

State Department axed contracts for refugee services despite court order, faith groups say

Trump’s opponents see a sweeping crackdown on free speech

GOP chairmen urge leader to battle House on budget, spending strategy  

Johnson dismisses concerns, calls idea that GOP supports Putin ‘absurd’

Opinion

Do We Still Have to Pay Taxes With DOGE Running Amok?

Editorial: Vega Pederson’s solo act hits all the wrong notes

Opinion: The missing ingredient for solving Oregon’s housing crisis – more land

Editorial: A Grants Pass City Council decision that cannot be ignored

Trump’s Old World Order

Trump is reorienting America’s moral compass