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Oregon News

Oregon ‘green amendment’ could go to voters next year

Kotek stays out of fight over Oregon ag labor standards board

Kotek backs controversial Oregon water transfer reviews

Oregon Political News

Oregon lawmakers ask insurers to pause dropping policies based on internal wildfire risk maps

Oregon lawmakers consider bill that could prevent enforcement of NIL limits in college sports

Oregon transit agencies warn lawmakers of service cuts without a funding hike

Bill would allow out-of-state placement for Oregon foster children

Bill could ban Oregon landlords from using AI rent-setting software

Metropolitan Portland News

PGE’s push to upgrade transmission through Portland’s Forest Park is heading to City Hall

City Councilor’s Chief of Staff Subject of Formal Complaint After Unruly Public Safety Meeting

In Trump’s America, the Portland bubble is looking better for its residents, poll finds

Central/Eastern Oregon

To help its youngest readers, an Oregon school district taps its teenagers

Willamette Valley News

Eugene Emeralds’ league standing at stake due to stadium compliance issues

What you need to know about UO faculty union’s potential strike

Samaritan Health notifies bank of default, is open to buyout

Lane County board to discuss Affordable Housing Action Plan

Southern Oregon

Fire code violations force Ashland homeless shelter to close, city pledges renovations

Judge grants preliminary injunction in Grants Pass homeless case

California’s snowpack nears historic average with more storms on the way

Business/Economic News

A Wild Quarter for U.S. Stocks Sends Investors Abroad

The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street

Transportation News

Washington state Senate OKs gas tax hike and budget built on billions of new taxes

A proposed bill could reignite the long-running battle over new Oregon-Washington highway bypass

‘Caution – Rough Roads Ahead’ ODOT states in new report

Health News

US at risk of losing health designation it’s had for 25 years

Top vaccine official at FDA resigns citing RFK Jr., ‘misinformation’

Oregon public health programs hit with $117 million in surprise federal cuts

Bird flu markers in wastewater may come from wild birds, study led by Oregon State shows

Education News

Trump officials tell Oregon undocumented college students can no longer access TRIO programs

Summer Reading Prep at Roseburg Library

Energy & Environment

Trump administration sets up portal for polluters to request exemptions to clean air rules

International News

Medical supplies in great need as aid flows into Myanmar after earthquake

Trump ‘very angry’ at Putin’s remarks on Zelensky

France accuses US diplomats of meddling with a ‘diktat’ about Trump’s DEI policies

Trump’s denial of Mexico’s Colorado River request sparks concerns over future water negotiations

Ex-British ambassador to US who criticized Trump urges Starmer not to concede on retaliatory tariffs

Trump threatens to bomb Iran if nuclear deal can’t be reached

National News

The Trump 2.0 resistance: Alive, but evolved

Atlantic editor: ‘Phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

National Political News

Former head of Social Security says Elon Musk and DOGE are wrong about the agency

Under Trump, the Justice Department is stepping away from some voting rights cases

Trump is ‘not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can’t serve

Trump won’t rule out military force to take Greenland

Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?

Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election

Schumer, Democrats seek to get off the mat amid new Trump controversy

Democrats reject advice to ‘play dead,’ vow hard fight against Trump’s domestic agenda

Gabbard, Ratcliffe ‘lied repeatedly’ about Signal chat messages, Bennet says

Fewer Americans confident in Trump’s handling of economy: Poll

Trump calls ‘never ending’ Signal leak story ‘old and boring,’ blasts media

The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court

Signalgate tensions remain high for some lawmakers

Trump team’s message: Don’t worry about prices, tax cuts are coming

The Trump family is cashing in on crypto. It’s creating problems in Congress.

Big questions surround AOC as insiders ponder the future of progressivism

Tariff News

Trump Team Weighs Broader, Higher Tariffs

Trump’s complaints about overseas tariffs ignore some of the U.S.’s own

Government Employment News

U.S. Institute of Peace staff is laid off, escalating legal battle with Trump administration

Elon Musk tries to rehab DOGE after backlash, mistakes

Opinion

Stop Biden’s refrigerator rules before they freeze out small business 

Trickle-down tax cuts don’t work. That isn’t stopping Republicans. 

American policies have unintentionally fueled China’s rise

RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics